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Fortrose Academy

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational621 pupilsHighland
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals8%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support53%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher12.2Scotland 12.1
Pupils on roll621Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Fortrose Academy is a council school in Fortrose for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 621 pupils. About 8 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Academy Street, Fortrose, ROSS-SHIRE, Fortrose, IV10 8TW01381 620310fortroseacademy.co.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Fortrose Academy.

Getting a place

Catchment area

Highland council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 246 square kilometres. If you live inside it, your child has the right to a place here. Families outside it can ask for a place (a placing request), which is only given if there is room.

Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Highland council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll621Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals8%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support53%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
103S1
120S2
106S3
122S4
102S5
68S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 62962920222023: 63763720232024: 64664620242025: 62862820252026: 6216212026
Since 2022: -8
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll621628646637629
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals8.2%5.9%8.5%6.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)53.1%50.0%48.5%50.2%49.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.5%3.2%2.6%2.4%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.212.213.113.013.013.013.6

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers51.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.2Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Fortrose Academy a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Fortrose Academy yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Fortrose Academy have?

621 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Academy Street, Fortrose, ROSS-SHIRE, Fortrose, IV10 8TW
Telephone
01381 620310
Website
www.fortroseacademy.co.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Highland
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5119332
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from