Kilmarnock Academy

Kilmarnock Academy

Infobox scottish primary, secondary and nursery school
name=Kilmarnock Academy


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rector=Mrs Carole Ford
type=comprehensive school
educational authority=East Ayrshire Council
location=Elmbank Drive, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, KA1 3BS
coordinates=
founded=c.1800
motto="Do Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly"
school colours= maroon, black, white
main feeder schools=Loanhead Primary School Kirkstyle Primary School Hillhead Primary School
url=http://www.kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/
age range=11 to 18
years taught=S1 - S6
number of pupils=over 700 approx (2008)
number of staff=67 (including support staff)
website=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.

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. [ [http://kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/famousindex.htm Kilmarnock Academy Website] ] 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

* [http://www.kilmarnockacademy.co.uk Kilmarnock Academy's Website]
* [http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/ess/education/kilmarnock.asp East Ayrshire Council's Website]
* [http://kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/famousindex.htm Kilmarnock Academy's Former Pupils]
* [http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Databases/KilmarnockAcademy/index.html Kilmarnock Academy Masters and Former Pupils who died in World War 1 and 2.]
* [http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/kilmarnockacademyeastayrshire.asp Kilmarnock Academy's page on Scottish Schools Online]


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