| Administrative History | The Grammar parochial school in Banchory was originally founded in 1651, with an endowment from Sir Thomas Burnett. Dr Alexander Reid provided a further endowment. The original building was destroyed by flooding in 1799, when it moved to a new site on the north of the turnpike road. It moved again in the 1820s, and was then removed to a site opposite the East Parish Church in 1854 as a result of the construction of the Deeside Railway.
In 1878 the Grammar School and the Loanhead Public School combined to form the new Central School on Raemoir Road, which opened 16 September 1878. Loanhead Public School was formerly the Free Church School. It changed its name on 6 October 1873 when taken over by the School Board.
In 1911, Lady Burnett's School combined with the Central School and became the junior department of that establishment. Lady Burnett's School was located in the building in the Square opposite Banchory Town Hall. It was originally founded in 1750, but the building at the square was built and paid for by Lady Burnett in 1838 (as noted by a plaque on the side of the building). It was originally a Female School but seems to have admitted boys from c. 1880s. After the school closed the building was later used as Burgh offices, then Aberdeenshire Council offices.
In 1925 the Central School became a Senior Secondary School. It was renamed Banchory Academy in 1946. The school separated into primary & secondary departments in 1978.
Overseen by Banchory-Ternan Parish and School Board, Kincardineshire. |