Ardrossan Academy is a Scottish
secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
, opened in October 1882, serving
Ardrossan, with pupils also coming from nearby
Saltcoats
Saltcoats ( gd, Baile an t-Salainn) is a town on the west coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the town's earliest industry when salt was harvested from the sea water of the Firth of Clyde, carried out in small cottages al ...
,
West Kilbride,
Seamill
Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde.
It is sometimes considered part of West Kilbride, and sometimes conside ...
,
Fairlie,
Largs and other areas.
Notable alumni
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June Andrews
June Andrews, , is a Scottish nurse who is an expert in dementia studies and aged care. She was the professor of dementia studies at the Dementia Services Development Centre at the University of Stirling. She is now Professor Emeritus. She has w ...
, nursing expert, director of
NHS Scotland Centre for Change and Innovation, professor of dementia studies at
University of Stirling
*
Tom Black, cricketer
*
Peter Duncan, MP, chairman of the
Scottish Conservative Party
* Sir
William Barr McKinnon Duncan
Sir William Barr McKinnon Duncan (16 December 1922 – 5 November 1984) was a Scottish businessman who served as a director of ICI in both the UK and USA and as chairman and chief executive of the Rolls-Royce Corporation.
Life
He was born on ...
, chief executive of Rolls-Royce
*
Janice Galloway, writer (
''The Trick is to Keep Breathing'', etc)
*
William Hilton, MP, trade unionist, director general of the Federation of Master Builders
*
Roy Howat, internationally renowned French music scholar and performer
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Gordon Jackson QC, former
MSP, lawyer
["North Ayrshire Council: Schools by region A-Z"](_blank)
'' The Scotsman'', 22 April 2008.
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Edith MacArthur
Edith MacArthur (8 March 1926 – 25 April 2018) was a British actress noted for her elegant screen presence.
Early life
MacArthur was born in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, the daughter of Donald MacArthur and Minnie Ross MacArthur. She studie ...
, actress
*
Iain McNicol, General Secretary, Labour Party
Notable staff
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John Watt Butters
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John Watt Butters FRSE FRSGS (1863–1946) was a Scottish mathematician who served as Rector of Ardrossan Academy from 1899 to 1928.
Early life and education
He was born in Edinburgh in 1863, the son of Isabella Watt and John Butters, a ...
(1863–1946), noted mathematician, was Rector 1899–1928
*
John Aitkenhead
John Marchbanks Aitkenhead (21 May 1910 – 26 July 1998) was a Scottish teacher and co-founder with his wife Morag McKinnon Aitkenhead of Kilquhanity School.
Born in Glasgow, Aitkenhead attended Eglinton School and Ardrossan Academy before compl ...
, teacher, co-founder of
Kilquhanity School
Kilquhanity School was one of several free schools to have been established in the United Kingdom in the twentieth century. Others include Sands School in Devon, Summerhill in Suffolk, Sherwood School in Epsom and Kirkdale School in London.
...
* Morag Aitkenhead (Robina Roy MacKinnon), teacher, co-founder of Kilquhanity School
"Morag Aitkenhead"
'' The Daily Telegraph'', 18 October 2007.
References
External links
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Former official website
(still useful for its archives)
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Secondary schools in North Ayrshire
Educational institutions established in 1882
1882 establishments in Scotland
Ardrossan−Saltcoats−Stevenston