Montrose Academy, Montrose
Montrose Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Montrose.
- Attendance
- 89.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Montrose Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Montrose 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 878 pupils and 10.9 pupils per teacher.
16% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 54% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.6% in 2024/25, and 34.3% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 69% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2024/25 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.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Montrose Rail Station, about 620 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Montrose Academy (at), 50 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Montrose Academy are Southesk Primary School (0.2 miles), St Margaret's RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Lochside Primary School (0.7 miles) and Ferryden Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Angus publishes both.
Southesk Primary SchoolSt Margaret's RC Primary SchoolLochside Primary SchoolFerryden 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 Montrose Academy in April 2026.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Montrose Academy is a coeducational secondary school in Montrose Angus. The School now teaches people from ages 11–18.
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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
- 11
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
3 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 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 Montrose Academy
When was Montrose Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Montrose Academy in April 2026.
What is the catchment area for Montrose Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Montrose 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 Angus. Angus publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Montrose Academy?
If you live in Montrose Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Angus will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Angus - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Montrose Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 3 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Montrose Academy?
Montrose Academy is at Academy Square, Montrose, Montrose, DD10 8HU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)