Forres Academy, MORAY
Forres Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Moray.
- Attendance
- 87.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Forres Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Forres 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 860 pupils and 12.1 pupils per teacher.
13% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 44% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.6% in 2024/25, and 41.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as bad (D) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 77% 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.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Forres Rail Station, about 1150 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Academy (at), 80 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Forres Academy are Applegrove Primary School (0.3 miles), Anderson's Primary School (0.5 miles) and Pilmuir Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Moray publishes both.
Applegrove Primary SchoolAnderson's Primary SchoolPilmuir 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 Forres Academy in June 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Forres Academy is a comprehensive community school serving the town of Forres, Scotland, and its rural catchment area in west Moray. As in other Scottish schools, pupils are able to leave after the fourth year of schooling; therefore, the fifth and sixth years are not compulsory.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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
Forres Academy
Questions parents ask about Forres Academy
When was Forres Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Forres Academy in June 2025.
What is the catchment area for Forres Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Forres 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 Forres Academy?
If you live in Forres 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 Forres Academy?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Forres Academy?
Forres Academy is at Burdsyard Road, Forres, MORAY, MORAY, IV36 1FG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)