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{{Infobox school
| name          = The Gordon Schools
| image         = The Gordon Schools.jpg
| coordinates   = {{coord|57.45055|-2.78339|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| motto         = In Fas Constans
| established   = {{start date and age|1839}}
| type          = [[Secondary School]]
| head_label    = Rector
| head          = Phil Gaiter
| founder       = Duchess of Gordon
| address        =
| city          = [[Huntly, Scotland|Huntly]]
| county        = [[Aberdeenshire]]
| country       = Scotland
| postcode      = AB54 4SE
| gender        =[[Co-educational]]
| lower_age     = 11
| upper_age     = 18
| houses        = Badenoch, Fraser, Gordon, Seton
| website       = {{URL|http://gordonschools.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/|The Gordon Schools}}
|enrollment=720 (approx)<ref name="Handbook2017"/>}}
'''The Gordon Schools''' is a six-year, non denominational [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive]] co-educational secondary school located in [[Huntly, Scotland|Huntly]], [[Aberdeenshire]], Scotland.<ref name="Handbook2017">{{cite web|title=The Gordon Schools Handbook (2017/18)|url=http://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/Apps/schools-contacts/handbook/Gordon%20Schools%20(The).pdf|publisher=Aberdeenshire Council|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref> It takes pupils from [[Gordon Primary School, Huntly|Gordon Primary School]], [[Insch Primary School]], and smaller primary schools located around that area of Aberdeenshire such as [[Drumblade Primary School|Drumblade]], [[Glass Primary School|Glass]], [[Gartly Primary School|Gartly]], [[Cairney Primary School|Cairney]], [[Clatt Primary School|Clatt]], [[Rhynie Primary School|Rhynie]] and [[Kennethmont Primary School|Kennethmont]].
The School was founded in 1839 by the [[Elizabeth Gordon, Duchess of Gordon|Duchess of Gordon]] as a memorial to her late husband.<ref>{{cite web|title=School History|url=http://gordonschools.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/school-history/|publisher=The Gordon Schools|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref> The original buildings were designed by [[Archibald Simpson]].
==Notable former pupils==
* [[John Andrew Crichton]] [[FRSE]] (1899-1985), nutritionist and agriculturalist<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-2002)|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|accessdate=28 April 2018|page=226}}</ref>
* [[Dallas Allardice|William Dallas Allardice]] (1919 - 2003), Scottish Rugby player and WW2 commando
* [[Willie Donald]] (born 1953), cricketer and former president of [[Cricket Scotland]]
* [[Iona Fyfe]] (born 1998), award-winning Scots singer and musician.
==Notable staff==
* [[Ronald Center]] (1917-1973), music teacher from 1943 to 1949.
* [[George Trapp (educator)|Dr George Trapp]] FRSE FRGS (1906-1996), headmaster from 1948 to 1960.
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://gordonschools.aberdeenshire.sch.uk}}
*[http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/school.html 1904 picture of school]
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