 The adjacent School Cottage in Pringle Street, which had in past years housed the school caretaker and compulsory officer was sold in the mid 1990s  The school became fully inclusive when Clochan Special School was integrated into the High School in 1986.Grampian identified Buckie High School as one of its six "social priority" schools following the downturn in fishing and related industries.The new Standard Grade exams were phased in during the late 1980s and Buckie High became a front runner in developing the curriculum for these new courses.