Mintlaw Academy is a secondary school in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The school opened in 1981 with about 600 enrolled students and a capacity of 1,000.

[2] The school serves the rural communities of Central Buchan and draws pupils from the villages of Mintlaw, Fetterangus, Longside, Maud, New Deer, New Pitsligo, Strichen, Auchnagatt, Stuartfield and the surrounding area.

Brucklay (named after Brucklay estate between Maud and New Deer), Deer (named after Deer Abbey a few miles from the school), Mormond (named after Mormond Hill near Strichen) and Ugie (named after the river Ugie flowing past Mintlaw).

There used to be another house, Aden, (named after Aden Country Park) though this house was stopped due to a falling roll at the end of the 2008–2009 school year.