Lumphanan School (Secondary School Catchment Area)

We asked

We conducted an informal survey to gain the views and comments on the anomaly area within the Lumphanan School catchment which meant some of the catchment area was zoned for Alford Academy instead of the cluster secondary school of Aboyne Academy.

You said

The results of the informal survey were that the majority (91%) of participants living within the catchment anomaly area believe their address should be zoned for Aboyne Academy for secondary education.

We will

A Statutory Consultation was developed to rezone the anomaly area to the Aboyne Academy instead of Alford Academy. The consultation ran from 5th September 2023 until 3rd November 2023. A public meeting was held on 14th September 2023 in Lumphanan School. An online survey and pupil consultation was also part of the consultation. The results of the survey were that the majority of participants (62.4%) believe the anomaly should be rezoned to Aboyne Academy and there was positive feedback from the public meeting and pupil consultation. On 21st March 2024 Education and Children’s Services Committee approved the rezoning of Aboyne Academy catchment to include an area anomaly within the Lumphanan School catchment area currently zoned to Alford Academy. These changes will take place from August 2024 and from that point the whole of the Lumphanan School catchment area will be zoned to Aboyne Academy.