Leith Academy

at 20 Academy Park, Edinburgh , EH6 8 United Kingdom

1. Middle School

Leith Academy is a state school in Leith, Edinburgh. It currently educates around 900 pupils and around 2,800 part-time adult learners. The headteacher, Jack M Simpson was appointed in September 2008.HistoryIt is one of the oldest schools in Scotland, with its founding usually credited to 1560, though there are records of a Leith grammar school as early as 1521 . To begin with the school was under the control of the kirk session of South Leith Parish Church. It remained so until 1806. It is not known where the school met until 1636 when records make reference to meeting in Trinity House. The school met there until 1710 when, after a disagreement about rent, the kirk session decided to move the school to King James hospital which stood on what is now South Leith Parish churchyard.In 1792 the kirk agreed to a purpose-built building for the school. The building, by Robert Burn, beside Leith Links, was completed in 1806. The school changed its name to Leith Academy in 1888. The Leith Links school was demolished and replaced by a new building in 1896. In turn, due to continued growth in the number of pupils, by 1931 a new building was required and the school on the Duke Street site was built. The Links building is now used as Leith Primary School. The Duke Street school was used as part of Queen Margaret University College and has been converted to flats. The school's current building, off Easter Road, was completed in 1991 after much campaigning by staff, students and parents.

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Leith Academy is Edinburgh based place and this enity listed in Middle School category. Located at 20 Academy Park EH6 8. Contact phone number of Leith Academy: 0131 554 0606