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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]
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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.
At Higher grade examinations in 2014, Senior 5 pupils achieved a pass rate of 92.6% - the A Grade pass rate of 49.3%. [16] The Senior 6 Advanced Higher results, with 96.4% achieving grades A to C, placed the school 2nd in Scotland, [17] taking only A to B grades this placed them 7th in the 'Top 30 Scottish Schools doing Advanced Highers for ...
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. [5] Cumnock Academy closed in October 2020 following a merger with nearby Auckinleck Academy to form the new Robert Burns Academy in Cumnock.
Lord Robert Gibson MP, Senator of the College of Justice, Scotland, and as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court succeeding another Hamilton Academy former pupil, Lord Murray [3] Professor Douglas Alston Gilchrist, agriculturalist and academic; Fellow, the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900) [115]
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. He remained in contact with the Burnes family for several years after leaving Ayrshire for London. [3]
Belmont Academy is the largest secondary school in South Ayrshire based on pupil intake, [2] with a total of 1,225 pupils enrolled at the school in 2023–2024. [ 1 ] The original Belmont Academy opened in 1960, and by 2008, the school transferred from the 48-year-old campus into a new building, which was opened to pupils in August 2008.