Dornoch Academy is a high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 situated in the small town of Dornoch

Dornoch

Dornoch is a town and seaside resort, and former Royal burgh in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east...

 in Sutherland

Sutherland

Sutherland is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic administrative county of Scotland. It is now within the Highland local government area. In Gaelic the area is referred to according to its traditional areas: Dùthaich 'IcAoidh , Asainte , and Cataibh...

 in the north of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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Arms

The Arms were granted by the Lord Lion. It features the horseshoe, the bible and stars of the Royal Burgh of Dornoch in the County of Sutherland; the book and mitre trace back to the 6th century foundation of St Finnbarr and subsequent cathedral school; the Gaelic motto is "Le Ionracas ’s Dìchioll" (with integrity and industry).

Current publications in full color feature more blue in the arms than older single or two tone printings.

Houses

For both sporting and non-sporting competition purposes, as well as to facilitate the guidance system, students at Dornoch Academy are divided into two Houses: Mackay (Red) and Sutherland (Blue).

External links

• Dornoch Academy Homepage
• 2011/12 Prospectus