Lornshill Academy, Alloa

Lornshill 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 1027 pupils and 12.8 pupils per teacher.

23% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.

45% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 88.8% in 2024/25, and 37.1% 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 87% full.

94% of pupils who left in 2022/23 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.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lornshill Academy are Alva Academy (1.5 miles), Alloa Academy (1.9 miles), St Modan's High School (3.7 miles) and Bannockburn High School (4.9 miles).

The nearest railway station is Alloa Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tullibody Road (opposite), 240 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Lornshill Academy are Banchory Primary School (0.7 miles), Redwell primary school (1.1 miles), Abercromby Primary School (1.1 miles) and St Bernadette's RC Primary (1.1 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Clackmannanshire publishes both.