Editing Stonehaven (section)

==Education==
The town has a secondary school, [[Mackie Academy]], which was founded at the site occupied currently by Arduthie School. Mackie takes pupils from a relatively large chunk of southern Aberdeenshire with its catchment zone stretching from [[Johnshaven]] and [[St Cyrus]] (Although the primary school is in the catchment area for Mearns Academy in Laurencekirk) in the south to [[Netherley, Aberdeenshire|Netherley]] in the north and out to [[Drumlithie]] in the west.
The feeder primary schools include: Glenbervie, Inverbervie, Lairhillock, Gourdon, Catterline, Kinneff, Arduthie, Mill’o forest, Dunnottar and Carronhill.

There are three primary schools:
* '''Arduthie School''' is one of the three primary schools in Stonehaven serving a large portion of the north and east of the town as well as the surrounding countryside to the north-west.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catchment map for Arduthie Primary School |url=http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/local/map.asp?type=school_area&id=151085052 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719212636/http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/local/map.asp?type=school_area&id=151085052 |archive-date=19 July 2012 |access-date=23 December 2012 |publisher=Aberdeenshire Council |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* '''Dunnottar School''' was founded in 1889. It is linked to the notable Parish Church and the historic Dunnottar Castle and is located at the edge of the old town. It serves the old town and the majority of the countryside surrounding Stonehaven<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catchment map for Dunnottar Primary School |url=http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/local/map.asp?type=school_area&id=151085507 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730111849/http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/local/map.asp?type=school_area&id=151085507 |archive-date=30 July 2012 |access-date=23 December 2012 |publisher=Aberdeenshire Council |df=dmy-all}}</ref> As part of the Stonehaven flooding in 2009 the school was affected and pupils had to be relocated for a week while work was undertaken. It is currently due to close. 
* '''Mill O' Forest School''', is located in the newer part of Stonehaven and serves the south and parts of the north of the town.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catchment map for Mill O' Forest Primary School |url=http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/local/map.asp?type=school_area&id=151086133 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718090651/http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/local/map.asp?type=school_area&id=151086133 |archive-date=18 July 2012 |access-date=23 December 2012 |publisher=Aberdeenshire Council |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It opened in 1977.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dunbar |first=John |date=1976-10-30 |title=Stonehaven schools zone plan to be fixed |pages=22 |work=The Press and Journal |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19761030/308/0022 |access-date=2023-05-18}}</ref>
One [[special education]] school, Carronhill,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warnock|first=Joanne|date=2017-12-20|title=Special needs school forced to close due to outbreak of virus|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/1379409/special-needs-school-forced-close-due-outbreak-virus/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Press and Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801223615/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/1379409/special-needs-school-forced-close-due-outbreak-virus/}}</ref> opened in 1975.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1974-10-17|title=County decide not to sell house|work=[[The Press and Journal (Scotland)|The Press and Journal]]|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19741017/769/0027|access-date=2021-08-01}}</ref> It is situated in the newer part of the town near Mill O' Forest Primary School.