| Morgan Academy | |
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Forfar Road Dundee ,Angus ,DD4 7AX Scotland | |
| Coordinates | 56°28′29″N2°57′15″W / 56.47469°N 2.95407°W /56.47469; -2.95407 |
| Information | |
| Motto | Sufficit Deus (God is enough) |
| Established | 1889 |
| Founder | John Morgan |
| Local authority | Dundee City |
| President | Quinn Green |
| Head Teacher | McBain |
| Enrolment | 934 (19/06/2019) |
| Houses | mains, airlie, cortachy |
| Website | http://morgan.ea.dundeecity.sch.uk |
Morgan Academy is asecondary school in theStobswell area ofDundee,Scotland. Morgan Academy was founded in 1889 and is the second oldest state school in Dundee behindHarris Academy.
The building was designed in 1862 by the Edinburgh architectsJohn Dick Peddie and Charles Kinnear, opening in 1866 as theMorgan Hospital, a charitable institution providing accommodation and education for "sons of tradesmen and persons of theworking class generally whose parents stand in the need of assistance".
In 1888, Morgan Hospital closed and a year later in 1889, the school opened as Morgan Academy, often referred to by alumni as "The Morgan" or simply "Morgan", with various alterations, including roofing over the courtyard as a hall.[1] The architecture is designated as a Category 'A' listing byHistoric Scotland.[2]
Its benefactor was John Morgan, the son of a Dundeemaltman, who emigrated toIndia at the age of 20 where, with his brother, he became a wealthyindigo farmer. Upon his death in 1850 he bequeathed much of his fortune to establish a residential institution. The hospital closed in 1888 and was bought by the members of the Dundee Burgh School Board, who re-opened it as a school.
Until the advent ofcomprehensive education in the late 1960s and early 1970s, there were mainly two types of high school in Scotland: junior secondaries where students left school at 16 and began preparation for one of thetrades or entered the workforce, and academies where students remained until the end of fifth or sixth year and tookhighers before normally going to college or university. Morgan functioned in the latter category.
Morgan Academy later became a comprehensive school in 1972, although the school was still called an academy rather than a high school.
The school suffered a fire on 21 March 2001 which destroyed much of the building. It was rebuilt using the original facade and much of the internal appearance.[3] The newly rebuilt Morgan Academy was re-opened in November 2004, by then Minister for Education and Young PeoplePeter PeacockMSP.[citation needed] A portrait of John Morgan, found in the basement of theMcManus Galleries, was unveiled at newly rebuilt school and placed on show in the Great Hall of the school.
The school consists of three houses, named after three Scottish castles:Airlie,Cortachy andMains which compete annually in the House Championship and also elect House Captains, formerly one male and one female but now three of any gender combination, fromSixth Year. Originally four houses, the three aforementioned plusGlamis, which was dissolved in 2011.
