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| Kilmarnock Academy | |
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| Rector | Mrs Carole Ford |
| Type | comprehensive school |
| Authority | East Ayrshire Council |
| Location | Elmbank Drive, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, KA1 3BS |
| Founded | c.1800 |
| Motto | Do Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly |
| Feeders | Loanhead Primary School Kirkstyle Primary School Hillhead Primary School |
| Age Range | 11 to 18 |
| Years | S1 - S6 |
| Pupils | over 700 approx (2008) |
| Staff | 67 (including support staff) |
| Website | http://www.kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/ |
| http://www.kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/ | |
Kilmarnock Academy is a comprehensive school, one of several in Kilmarnock, a town in western Scotland. The school can trace its history back to the local burgh school founded in the 1630s. The first school to bear the name was established in 1807. In 1898 the school was moved to its current location. In the early 1900s the school acquired the Kilmarnock Technical School for its use.
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Notable Pepole
Kilmarnock Academy is one of only two schools in the world to have educated two Nobel laureates: Alexander Fleming and John Boyd Orr.[1] The current rectrix of the school is Mrs Carole Ford.
Noted alumni
- Robert Colquhoun, artist
- Stewart Conn, poet and playwright
- Alexander Fleming, biologist, Nobel laureate
- William McIlvanney, author
- Lindsay McKenzie, actress
- William Muir, orientalist
- John Boyd Orr, biologist and politician, Nobel laureate
- James Stevenson, 1st Baron Stevenson, businessman and politician
References
External links
- Kilmarnock Academy's Website
- East Ayrshire Council's Website
- Kilmarnock Academy's Former Pupils
- Kilmarnock Academy Masters and Former Pupils who died in World War 1 and 2.
- Kilmarnock Academy's page on Scottish Schools Online
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