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Ayr Academy's catchment area covers Newton-on-Ayr, Whitletts and the outlying villages of Coylton, Annbank, and Mossblown. Ayr Academy is one of the schools in South Ayrshire with high levels of economic deprivation and disadvantage, with more pupils attending Ayr Academy from deprived backgrounds than most other schools in the area. [3] [4]
The academy did not enter the Scottish Cup, but there were close links with the Ayr Eglinton club, which was formed in 1875. From the Ayr Academy cricket side, the King brothers [4] played for Eglinton in the 1875–76 Scottish Cup, and of the XI which played against the Ayr Volunteers in the 1875–76 season, [5] two players (Sliman and Reid) played for Eglinton in the 1875–76 Cup, and ...
Kyle Academy is the fourth largest secondary school in South Ayrshire, with 824 pupils enrolled at the school in 2023–2024. [2] The school is the responsibility of South Ayrshire Council , with current head teacher Mary Byrne taking over from Lyndsay McRoberts, who was also joint head teacher of nearby Ayr Academy , in 2018.
John Murdoch of Ayr was Robert Burns's most significant teacher or tutor and he was a friend of the Burnes family. He was born in 1747 and first taught Gilbert and Robert Burns in Alloway when he was only aged eighteen.
Wellington School is a private day school in Ayr, Scotland. The school was founded in 1836 as a school for girls, today the co-educational school provides both primary and secondary education between its Junior and Senior Schools for around 580 pupils between the ages of three and eighteen years. Wellington School generally draws its pupils ...
Neill was born in Prestwick, Ayrshire and educated at Ayr Academy. [2] After service in the RAF, he studied at the University of Edinburgh and graduated with an Honours degree in Celtic studies. [3] He was a frequent contributor to Catalyst and Gairm magazines and subsequently became the second editor of Catalyst.
Cumnock Academy was a secondary school [1] in Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. [ 2 ] Notable former pupils include Iona McDonald , Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran since 2017; [ 3 ] Bill Grant , MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock ; [ 4 ] and Eric Caldow , a former Scottish international footballer.