Alva Academy, Alva
Alva Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Alva.
- Attendance
- 89.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Alva Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Alva 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 938 pupils and 11.5 pupils per teacher.
19% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
11% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.3% in 2024/25, and 36.8% 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 95% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% 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 Alva Academy are Lornshill Academy (1.5 miles) and Alloa Academy (2.9 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Alloa Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alva Academy (at), 200 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Alva Academy are Alva Primary School (0.5 miles), Fishcross Primary School (1.2 miles) and Craigbank Primary School (1.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Clackmannanshire publishes both.
Alva Primary SchoolFishcross Primary SchoolCraigbank 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 Alva Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Alva Academy is a six-year comprehensive school serving the towns and villages of Alva, Menstrie, Tillicoultry, Coalsnaughton, Devonside, Dollar and Muckhart, all in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The roll is over 900.
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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
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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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Questions parents ask about Alva Academy
What is the catchment area for Alva Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Alva 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 Alva Academy?
If you live in Alva 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 Alva Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Alva Academy?
Alva Academy is at Academy Avenue, Alva, Alva, FK12 5FE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)