Alloa Academy is a six year comprehensive school serving the town of Alloa in Clackmannanshire. Its roll is slightly rising with around 737 pupils. It serves the town of Alloa only and has four primary schools associated with it: Claremont, Sunnyside, Park and St John's. The school currently has 59.4 teaching staff. The school is truly comprehensive and the pupil intake varies from a very middle class area to an area of severe deprivation.
Pupils receive a broad curriculum in S1/2 and follow the recognised path in S3/4 involving Standard Grades although some SEB/Scotvec short courses are also on offer for those who require them. A broad selection of Higher courses are on offer on S5/6 together with Scotvec modules combining to provide GSVQ level 1. The school has very good relationships with Clackmannan College in Alloa.
A positive approach to pupils is adopted and staff are happy to praise them at every opportunity. An assertive discipline policy to all classrooms has also been adopted. This combines known and agreed standards with praise and reward.
The school is at the forefront of many educational developments and has one computer for 5.3 pupils on average with 62 new PCs installed within the last year, has pioneered the Record of Achievement with pupils being able to access their record through a computer network, is on the internet, and has a first class library which attracts visitors from across the world to view it. Major steps have been taken to implement the 5 - 14 curriculum.
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