Kilwinning Academy is a six-year, non-denominational,

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with an agreed capacity of 1,330 in

Kilwinning Kilwinning (, sco, Kilwinnin; gd, Cill D’Fhinnein) is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is on the River Garnock, north of Irvine, about southwest of Glasgow. It is known as "The Crossroads of Ayrshire". Kilwinning was also a Civil Pa ...

, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The current building opened to 1st year pupils in 1976, then to 1st, 2nd and a few 3rd year pupils in 1977 before finally opening to all other school years the following year. * Rectors/Head Teachers * D Young - 1977 - 1987 - Left/Retired Early - Died 2008 * J Happs - 1987 - 1989 - Acting HT (former DHT) * W Ballantyne - 1989 - 2002 - Retired * W C Armstrong - 2002 - 2011 - Retired * T Swan (

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.) - 2011–Present In 2013 a teacher at the school was struck off for making inappropriate remarks to pupils. In 2014 the school was awarded £4000 to support a scheme to get more people involved in sports.

School building

Kilwinning Academy is rated B for the building's condition and sustainability.

Town regeneration

Kilwinning Academy S2 Art and Design pupils in 2010/11 helped Irvine Bay Regeneration in their efforts to refurbish Kilwinning's town centre by creating tiles for a mural for a tunnel leading from the shops and Abbey to the car park.

References

{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1977 Secondary schools in North Ayrshire Kilwinning 1977 establishments in Scotland