Baldragon Academy

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Baldragon Academy
Location
Kirkton area of Dundee

Scotland
Information
Established1960 as Kirkton High School;[1]
1997 in merger with Rockwell High School;
New buildings opened 2018[2]

Baldragon Academy is a six-year comprehensive in the Kirkton area of the city of Dundee, Scotland. It was originally named Kirkton High School until merging with Rockwell High School in August 1997.[3] The school is set in over 20 acres (8.1 ha) of its own grounds.

The school has around 1000 pupils and serves the Kirkton, , St Mary's and Ardler areas of Dundee. This area consists of a mixture of authority and privately owned housing. The feeder primary schools are Sidlaw View, Downfield, Craigowl, Ardler and Strathmartine Primary Schools.

Naming[]

Dundee City Council Education committee asked the joint School Board to choose a new name for the school. Two names were chosen Baldragon and Craigowl (from Craigowl Hill – this was subsequently chosen as one of the House names) and Baldragon being the name for the area in . The pupils were asked to vote for their preference and the overwhelming choice was Baldragon Academy.[4]

Houses[]

Baldragon Academy has four Houses named after prominent hills in the local area: , Craigowl, Kinpurnie and Law. The Houses are represented by a colour, green for Balgay, purple for Craigowl, blue for Law and silver for Kinpurnie. These colours are also used on the Junior school tie.

BBC Radio Scotland "SoundTown"[]

Baldragon Academy was chosen to be the BBC Radio Scotland "" school for the session 2007-2008.[5] The school was provided with a fully operational radio studio and has been involved in numerous broadcasts and projects throughout the year-long project. Over 400 pupils took part in the project and it was hoped that all staff and pupils will have played a part in this project by the end of the session. The school has its own radio station, BBG1, which broadcasts every year for 2–3 days at a time.[6] The school is also working with the radio station Bridge fm.

References[]

  1. ^ 50th anniversary: The day Dundee's Kirkton High School became TV quiz champions of Britain, The Courier, 28 December 2017
  2. ^ Deputy First Minister opens Baldragon Academy, Robertson Civil Engineering, 14 June 2018
  3. ^ Rocky II: The fight to save Dundee’s Rockwell High from closure in 1996, The Courier, 14 July 2021
  4. ^ "Baldragon Academy pupils reach semi-finals of national inventors contest". Evening Telegraph.
  5. ^ "BBC - Radio Scotland - Features - SoundTown 2008, Alva Academy". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Coordinates: 56°29′38″N 2°59′24″W / 56.494023°N 02.989936°W / 56.494023; -02.989936

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