Cumnock Academy was a

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) ...

Cumnock Cumnock (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cumnag'') is a town and former civil parish located in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which lie just o ...

East Ayrshire East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquart ...

, Scotland. Notable former pupils include

Iona McDonald Iona Sara Macintyre McDonald OBE (born 18 November 1954) has been Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran since 2017. McDonald was educated at Cumnock Academy and graduated from Glasgow University with a Master of Arts in 1976 and a law degree i ...

Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland. The first Lord Lieutenant, Sir Bryce Knox, had previously been Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire. By virtue of the Lord Lieutenants Order 1975 he became Lord Lieute ...

since 2017; Bill Grant, MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock; and

Eric Caldow Eric Caldow (14 May 1934 – 4 March 2019) was a Scottish professional association football, footballer, who played for Rangers F.C., Rangers, Stirling Albion F.C., Stirling Albion and Scotland national football team, Scotland. Caldow played as ...

, a former Scottish international footballer. Cumnock Academy closed in October 2020 following a merger with nearby Auckinleck Academy to form the new

Robert Burns Academy The Robert Burns Academy (Scottish Gaelic: ''Acadamaidh Robert Burns'') is a secondary school located in Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, which opened to pupils in October 2020 following the merger of Cumnock Academy and Auchinleck Academy. The ...

in Cumnock.

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Cumnock Secondary schools in East Ayrshire {{scotland-school-stub