The Gordon Schools

The Gordon Schools
Motto In Fas Constans
Established 1839
Type Co-Educational Secondary School
Rector Phil Gaitor
Founder Duchess of Gordon
Location Huntly,
Aberdeenshire
AB54 4SE
Scotland
57°27′02″N 2°47′00″W / 57.45055°N 2.78339°W / 57.45055; -2.78339Coordinates: 57°27′02″N 2°47′00″W / 57.45055°N 2.78339°W / 57.45055; -2.78339
Ages 11–18
Houses

Badenoch
Fraser
Gordon

Seton
Pupils Approx 720[1]
Website The Gordon Schools Website

The Gordon Schools is a six-year, non denominational comprehensive co-educational secondary school located in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1] It takes pupils from Gordon Primary School, Insch Primary School, and smaller primary schools located around that area of Aberdeenshire such as Drumblade, Glass, Gartly, Cairney, Clatt, Rhynie and Kennethmont.

The School was founded in 1839 by the Duchess of Gordon as a memorial to her late husband.[2] The original buildings were designed by Archibald Simpson

Notable former pupils

  • John Andrew Crichton FRSE (1899-1985), nutritionist and agriculturalist[3]
  • Iona Fyfe (b.1998), Scots Traditional Folk singer

References

  1. 1 2 "The Gordon Schools Handbook (2017/18)" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "School History". The Gordon Schools. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-2002)" (PDF). p. 226. Retrieved 28 April 2018.


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