Linlithgow Academy is a secondary school in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. The original academy was built in 1900 to a design by James Graham Fairley and replaced an earlier kirk institution, known as "Sang Schule".^[2]

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Linlithgow Academy
Linlithgow Academy in 2013
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Braehead Road Linlithgow , West Lothian , EH49 6EH Scotland
Coordinates	55.971°N 3.612°W / 55.971; -3.612
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Type	Secondary school
Established	1894; 130 years ago (1894)
Local authority	West Lothian Council
Headteacher	Grant Abbot[1]
Gender	Mixed
Website	linlithgowacademy.westlothian.org.uk

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The school has a heavy focus on arts, sciences and maths, having received a significant funding boost to upgrade science classrooms as well as introducing a new drama classroom and improving upon media and technological capabilities.

Admissions to Linlithgow Academy are primarily from Linlithgow, but include a number of smaller villages surrounding the town to the east as far as Winchburgh, some six miles away.^[5] As the West Lothian/Falkirk council boundary lies just to the west of Linlithgow Bridge, a relatively small number of pupils attend from this direction. Similarly, high schools in Bathgate to the south, and Bo'ness to the north, limit the natural catchment in those directions. However, as the school featured prominently in league tables compared to other state schools, especially those nearby,^[6] many people from the surrounding area wish their children to attend Linlithgow Academy in preference to their local high school. This, and the increasing population of Linlithgow as a whole in the past 30 years, have led to severe demands on the school's roll. However, over recent years the school roll has been fairly steady with 1,230 reported in 2003 and steady at 1,192 between 2008 and 2010.

A review of the Linlithgow Academy catchment area by West Lothian Council was completed in October 2010,^[7] and Torphichen and Westfield Primary Schools were re-zoned into Linlithgow from the 2011 academic year.^[8] This change was required due to a new build housing program in Bathgate involving many large developers and approved by West Lothian Council over a number of years.

The current roll is mostly from the following local primary schools:

• Linlithgow Primary School
• Linlithgow Bridge Primary School
• Low Port Primary School
• Springfield Primary School
• Bridgend Primary School
• Winchburgh Primary School
• Torphichen Primary School (from 2011)
• Westfield Primary School (from 2011)

The catchment change proposal included approved additional building works to Linlithgow Academy.

Linlithgow Academy was featured in the BBC Two TV show Teen Canteen which aired in early 2013 and featured the then sixth year cooking for the public and learning the importance of business. ^[9]

Notable people who attended the school include:

• David Fleming, cricketer
• James Fleming, cricketer and curler
• William Ellis, cricketer
• Andrew Johnston, cricketer
• Sandy Paris, cricketer
• Alex Salmond, Scottish politician and former First Minister
• Fern Brady, comedian