Elgin Academy, MORAY
Elgin Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Moray.
- Attendance
- 89.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Elgin Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Elgin 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 1082 pupils and 13.9 pupils per teacher.
9% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
7% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 26% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.3% in 2024/25, and 34.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 88% full.
90% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% 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 Elgin Academy are Elgin High School (1.2 miles) and Lossiemouth High School (4.3 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Elgin Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Academy (at), 140 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Elgin Academy are Bishopmill Primary School (0.1 miles), West End Primary School (0.6 miles), Seafield Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Sylvester's RC Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Moray publishes both.
Bishopmill Primary SchoolWest End Primary SchoolSeafield Primary SchoolSt Sylvester's RC 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Elgin Academy in September 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Elgin Academy is a secondary school in Elgin, Moray, Scotland. The school was ranked 181 out of 340 schools in Scotland by the Times with 37% of pupils attaining five Highers.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Elgin Academy
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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 Elgin Academy
When was Elgin Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Elgin Academy in September 2025.
What is the catchment area for Elgin Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Elgin 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Elgin Academy?
If you live in Elgin Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Elgin Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Elgin Academy?
Elgin Academy is at Morriston Road, Elgin, MORAY, MORAY, IV30 4ND.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)