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

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

with an agreed capacity of 1,330 in

Kilwinning Kilwinning (, ; ) is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the banks of the River Garnock in Ayrshire, west/central Scotland, about southwest of Glasgow. Kilwinning's neighbours are the coastal towns of Stevenston to the west an ...

, 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 and head teachers

* D Young (1977—1987) — left/retired early * J Happs (1987—1989) — acting head teacher * W Ballantyne (1989—2002) — retired * W C Armstrong (2002—2011) — retired * T Swan (2011—2024) * C McEvoy (2025—present) — acting head teacher 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