Lornshill Academy


Lornshill Academy is a six-year comprehensive school situated in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Approximately 1,000 pupils are enrolled with the school. Lornshill currently employs approximately 80 teachers and around 30 support staff. Lornshill is currently associated with seven primaries – Craigbank, Clackmannan, Banchory, Fishcross, Deerpark, Abercromby and Saint Serfs.
A new school was opened in August 2010.

Pupils

Pupils are placed in one of three houses: Devon, Forebraes and Grange. There was previously a fourth house named Ochil. Pupils are normally of the ages 11 – 18 and are split into a standard S1-S6. These years are then again split into two subgroups: Junior, and Senior.

Notable former pupils

Former Liverpool F.C. and Sauchie Juniors F.C. player Alan Hansen was taught at Lornshill
Current Scotland Rugby Captain Grant Gilchrist.
Current Edinburgh Rugby player Sean Kennedy

Notable former staff

Ex-First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell taught Maths at Lornshill.