What is Vale of Leven Academy?
{{more sources|date=September 2020}}{{Infobox school|name=Vale of Leven Academy|houses=Arden Cameron Lennox Fruin|ofsted=|staff=150|capacity=1100|enrolment=987|gender=Mixed|lower_age=11|upper_age=18|colours=Maroon and Silver {{Color box|Maroon|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|Light Gray|border=darkgray}}|dfeno=|publication=|free_label_1=|free_1=|free_label_2=|free_2=|free_label_3=|free_3=|urn=|local_authority=West Dunbartonshire Council|native_name=|head_label=Head Teacher|image=VOLA_School_Badge.png|image_size=|caption=|established=1884|closed=|type=[[Secondary school#Scotland|Secondary]]|president=|head=Matthew Boyle|postcode=G83 0BH|chair_label=|chair=|founder=|address=Main Street|city=Alexandria|county=West Dunbartonshire|country=[[Scotland]]|website=http://valeoflevenacademy.net}} '''Vale of Leven Academy''' is a secondary school in Alexandria, [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vale of Leven Academy|url=https://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/school-search/vale-of-leven-academy/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref> == History == The school opened in 1884, as North Public School. It became a secondary school in 1909. In 1962 it moved to it's current location.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alexandria in Vale of Leven history 3|url=http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/alexandria3.html|access-date=2020-09-17|website=www.valeofleven.org.uk}}</ref> The school is located in the south of Alexandria. A new extension to the building was built in 1973 because the school was overcrowded. In 1996 the school was used for scenes in a Scottish television show called Take the High Road. On Saturday, 22nd June 2002, the extension to the school was set on fire and was destroyed.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2002-06-22|title=Head's sadness as school burns|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2059515.stm|access-date=2020-09-17}}</ref> Classes were taught in temporary huts after the fire. A new building was constructed in 2009 and the original building was demolished.<re