Built in the
Victorian period, the school was originally split into both a secondary school and a
primary, although after Market Place the need for a primary decreased and the building was merged in 1909, keeping primary pupils until the statutory leaving age of 14, the other taking the pupils who had passed their qualifying exam on to
higher education. This was the founding of the building known as Inverurie Academy. Since then, new parts of the school have been added, the most recent in the mid-1980s prior to the demolition. The buildings remained that way until they were joined in the 1950s, and amalgamated in the 1960s with the building of the new assembly hall. The final stage of building was constructed in the 1980s. Construction began for a new building including a £55 million new community campus set to include new car and bus parking, a
3G pitch, expanded facilities, and accommodation for up to 1,600 pupils in 2018. The academy, as well as the community swimming pool, St. Andrews Special School, and the Garioch Community Centre, transitioned to the newly built Inverurie Community Campus in the 2020 school year. In 2022, the original Academy was demolished following delays due to the discovery of
Asbestos within the school building. == COVID-19 ==