Alloa Academy, Alloa
Alloa Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Alloa.
- Attendance
- 90.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Alloa Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Alloa Academy is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 756 pupils and 10.7 pupils per teacher.
22% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
39% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.2% in 2024/25, and 34.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 91% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2018/19 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Alloa Academy are Lornshill Academy (1.9 miles) and Alva Academy (2.9 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Alloa Rail Station, about 1010 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lime Tree Walk (opposite), 140 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Alloa Academy are St Mungo's RC Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Park Primary School (0.2 miles), Sunnyside Primary School (0.8 miles) and Redwell primary school (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Clackmannanshire publishes both.
St Mungo's RC Primary SchoolPark Primary SchoolSunnyside Primary SchoolRedwell primary school
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Alloa Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Alloa Academy is a six-year state-funded school, serving the town of Alloa in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The pupil intake comes from four "feeder" primary schools, Redwell, Sunnyside, St.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Clackmannanshire is 2 (the median across 26 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Alloa Academy
What is the catchment area for Alloa Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Alloa Academy is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Clackmannanshire. Clackmannanshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Alloa Academy?
If you live in Alloa Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Clackmannanshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Clackmannanshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Alloa Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Clackmannanshire is 2 (the median across 26 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Alloa Academy?
Alloa Academy is at Bowhouse Road, Alloa, Alloa, FK10 1DN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)