Northfield Academy


Northfield Academy is a secondary school in Northfield, Aberdeen, which opened in 1956. It serves the Mastrick and Northfield areas of Aberdeen. Local feeder schools are Bramble Brae School, Heathryburn School, Manor Park School, Muirfield School, and Quarryhill School. The current headteacher is Mr Watt, who took up post in 2020. Northfield Academy also has a 3G Astro pitch costing £700,000. It can be used for a P.E session or at a lunch time. Northfield Academy also has an award winning chef Lynn Ellington Won “Scottish School chef of the year” 2017

History

The school was opened on August 27, 1956 as Northfield Secondary School. It had a roll of 479 pupils in the first two years of a secondary course, and 34 members of staff. The school's first headmaster was James S M Eddison OBE, who was awarded an OBE for his services to education. Due to the school's increasing numbers in the early 1960s, additional hut classrooms were built in the playground and almost all of the neighbouring Stockethill Primary School was acquired as an annexe. In 1970 the school's name changed from Northfield Secondary School to its current name, Northfield Academy. In 2015, a £700,000 3G football pitch was unveiled at the school.

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