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'''Portlethen Academy''' is a secondary school in [[Portlethen]], [[Aberdeenshire]]. Portlethen Academy opened on April 20th 1987, and is now fully established as a six year comprehensive school. The opening provided a new school for the communities of [[Portlethen]], [[Newtonhill]], [[Muchalls]] and [[Banchory Devenick]]. Before this, pupils from these areas were bused to [[Mackie Academy]], in near-by [[Stonehaven]]. The original building of the school was built for a capacity of around 650, but the school role grew over 800 pupils, so [[Aberdeenshire Council]] commissioned a new school in the form of the PPI2 Scheme. Originally owned by [[Grampian Regional Council]] and [[Kincardine and Deeside District Council]], the school was overtaken by [[Aberdeenshire Council]], when it formed in 1996. The current headmaster of the school is [[Albert Swinborn]]. Greg Manson in 5th year recently won the BIGGEST HEAD IN THE SCHOOL AWARD 2007 - he has won this award for 4 years running.

[[Image:Portlethen_Academy_23-06-06.jpg|thumb|The Old Building as seen from the West on Bruntland Road]]

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== Relocation ==

The new building opened on 22nd August 2006, after the summer holidays. The existing school has been knocked down, and, in stage 2 of the relocation programme, is being replaced by playing fields, including an AstroTurf all-weather pitch. This stage of the construction finished in May 2007. The main car parks which forms part of the area along with the all-weather pitch made up stage 2. The community library has opened to the public and the new Community Centre is also open. It is currently unknown what will happen with the land where the old community centre stood, although their have been rumours that the new [[Portlethen Primary School]] will be built on it. All [[Aberdeenshire Library and Information Services|ALIS]] members have access to the new library which offers a wide range of book and non-book resources. The library is managed by a full-time professional librarian, Carol Love, who also manages the Newtonhill branch library, with the support of a team of 5 library assistants. The school has state of the art facilities, and is one of the most technologically advanced and biggest schools in [[Scotland]].

== Community School ==