Westhill Academy Guidance

It’s our final day of school before the October holidays and we are all dressing in something that makes us happy in support of Young Minds. Our reg classes were also asked to come up with some peer support messages for our display!

On Tuesday, 16 September 2025, officers from the North East Road Policing Unit will run another session of the New Driver Early Intervention Scheme. The hour-long event will take place at 7pm at North Anderson Drive Fire Station. newdriverschemenortheast@scotland.police.uk

Today is SQA results day. We are very proud of how hard our young people have worked over the school year. Please see the letter sent to families at the end of term if you have any queries.

Generation Swap day! Raising funds for Cycling Without Age. At the end of the day, the total so far was £580🎉 Here comes the Summer☀️Wishing all our school community all the very best for the Summer holidays. All staff look forward to seeing you back on Wednesday 20th August 🙂

A lovely day attending the YPI National Event to celebrate the success of our @WAberdeenshire YPI winners! Amazing to hear lots of inspiring and thought-provoking stories from other schools and two fantastic keynote speakers!🤩 @ypi_scotland @GuidanceTeamWA #BeTheChangeYPI

Having a lovely day out at Pittodrie for The Promise Group celebration.

A great day at Uni of Aberdeen yesterday for the s6 Induction and a brilliant day in school today for the s5 Induction. New timetable for all our s5/6 starts tomorrow!

A great day out yesterday for some of our s2’s at the RGU Access day. As you can see from the photos we had a great time learning about lots of things including Law and Science!

We had our Art Showcase in school on Wednesday supported by some of music students who played and sang. The quality of work was amazing and it was great to see so many families and friends supporting our young people in their art courses. #Art #Community #LearningTogether

In case you need someone to talk to over the festive period.

A few photos from our first Promise group exhibition today. Well done to all our young people involved - a great success! #thepromise #art

Know someone who'll be receiving #SQAresults tomorrow, Tuesday 6 August?🙋 💡For questions about their certificate, they can call our Candidate Advice Line from 8am on 0345 279 1000. 💡There's also lots of information available at info.sqa.org.uk/Your-Results

End of another school session. Today we had a summer theme to raise money for @CRY_UK in memory of Jude MacDonald. We collected £630. An amazing amount to share with the charity. Wishing all our school community all the best over summer.

The House Winners for 2023 - 2024 are Brimmond👏🏆🎉

Final day for our fantastic S6 pupils. We held our Record of Achievement ceremony this morning. Thank you to all our S6 pupils and their families who attended to celebrate the successes of these young people. #Celebrate #Leavers2024

Prom 2024💃🕺#Celebration #GlitzAndGlam

Congratulations to Ethan on winning his Youth Olympic Gold Medal in Korea recently for his win in the Mixed Doubles Curling event. 🥇 @TeamGB @BritishCurling

Alll ready for S3 Parents’ Evening and Course Choice Event #makingthebestchoice #learningtogether #pathways

One out of five 11- to 17-year-olds in the UK has tried vaping ☁😟 With savvy marketing attracting teens’ attention, concerned parents might find our #WakeUpWednesday guide useful in helping children to understand the potential risks 🛡 Download >> bit.ly/3rltFdT

A great article below starring some of our Foundation Apprenticeship pupils from last session!