Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wallace Hall Academy is a secondary school located in Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway in the southwest of Scotland, currently with a roll of over 580 pupils aged from 11 to 18. In 2005 it was awarded the Schools of Ambition award. In 2007 Wallace Hall was ranked as being the 5th top state school in Scotland with 52% of S5 students passing 3 or more Highers.Until the early seventies there were two local secondary schools - the six year Wallace Hall Academy at Closeburn and the four-year Morton Academy at Thornhill. In 1972 the two schools amalgamated and the new school situated at Thornhill took the name of the former Senior Secondary School at Closeburn.