Inverclyde Academy

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{{Infobox school
| name = Inverclyde Academy
| image = [[File:Inverclyde Academy badge.png|110px]] <br/> School badge <br/> [[File:Inverclyde Academy - geograph.org.uk - 1089387.jpg|270px]] <br/> Inverclyde Academy (2008)
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| motto = ''Work Hard. Aim High. Achieve Your Potential.''
| established = 2007
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| type = 11–18 state comprehensive, non–selective secondary school
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| head_label = Head Teacher
| head = Denise Crawford
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| address = Cumberland Road
| city = [[Greenock]]
| county = [[Inverclyde]]
| country = Scotland
| coordinates = {{coord|55|56|23|N|04|48|38|W|display=inline,title|region:GB_scale:5000}}
| postcode = PA16 0FB
| local_authority = [[Inverclyde Council]]
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| staff = 70
| enrolment = 780<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0042/00420794.xlsx |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 January 2014 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102235809/http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0042/00420794.xlsx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Arran, Cumbrae, Eriskay
| colours = Inverclyde Tartan {{colourbox|red}}{{colourbox|white}}{{colourbox|yellow}}
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| website = [https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/in/inverclydeacademy/ School blog]
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'''Inverclyde Academy''' ([[Scottish Gaelic]]: ''Acadamaidh Inbhir Chluaidh'') is a [[secondary school]] in [[Greenock]], Scotland that provides education to the majority of the Inverclyde area. The catchment area for the Academy stretches from the [[Inverclyde]] border at Wemyss Bay to Greenock's East End and Strone Farm areas.

The school was created by the amalgamation of Greenock High School and [[Wellington Academy]] and cost £29 million to open.<ref>[http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/display.var.1720899.0.new_29m_school_is_a_moving_time_for_pupils.php "New £29m school is a moving time for pupils"], [[Evening Times]], 28 September 2007</ref>

==History==
The school was built on the site of three red blaes ([[gravel]]) [[Association football pitch|football pitch]]es.<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/372395 "Site of Inverclyde Academy"], Geograph British Isles</ref> [[Nicol Stephen]], [[Deputy First Minister of Scotland]], cut the first [[sod]] at the site on 26 February 2007.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.gov.scot/News/Releases/2007/02/26134714 |title=Work starts on new school |publisher=[[Scottish Government]] |date=26 February 2007 |accessdate=17 January 2016}}</ref>

Initially, following the merger, the school was split between the old sites of Greenock High School, two minutes from the current site, and Wellington Academy, on the other side of the town. In September 2007 the students went on strike in protest about the teaching time lost commuting between the two sites.<ref>[http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=15770 "Travel-sick pupils go out on strike"], Eric Baxter, [[Greenock Telegraph]], 2 October 2007</ref> As a result, Inverclyde Council decided that, from January 2008, all pupils would be housed in the Greenock High School campus on Inverkip Road until the new building could be occupied.<ref>[http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/NewsR.aspx?id=168 "New Academy pupils to be under one roof"]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Inverclyde|Inverclyde Council]], 26 September 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=sport&id=15731 "Strike pupils win battle with council"], Eric Baxter, [[Greenock Telegraph]], 28 September 2007</ref>

The new building was opened on 19 December 2008 by [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://universalnews.photoshelter.com/image/I0000jx0.sLa6utc|title=The Princess Royal, HRH Princess Anne, opening the Inverclyde Academy, Greenock, Scotland, UK.20/02/09. {{!}} : Universal News & Sport (Europe) 0844 884 5163|website=universalnews.photoshelter.com|access-date=2018-02-05}}</ref>

== Feeder primary schools ==
* Aileymill Primary School (Greenock)
* Inverkip Primary School ([[Inverkip]])
* Kings Oak Primary (Greenock)
* Lady Alice Primary School (Greenock)
* Wemyss Bay Primary School ([[Wemyss Bay]])
* Whinhill Primary School (Greenock)

==Inspection Reports==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604215011/http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/inspection/GreenockHSrep.pdf HMIE inspection, Greenock High]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604215019/http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/inspection/Wellington%20Academy%20FINAL.html HMIE inspection, Wellington Academy]

==External links==
*[https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/find-a-school/inverclyde/8640033 Inverclyde Academy's page] on Education Scotland's ParentZone

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[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2007]]
[[Category:Secondary schools in Inverclyde]]
[[Category:2007 establishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Greenock]]

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