Kilmarnock Academy
The Kilmarnock Academy complex in April 2015, showing the Old Building (far left), the New Building (center) and the New Technology Block (far right).
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| Motto | Do Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly |
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| Established | 1630s (as Kilmarnock Burgh School) 1807 (current school, Kilmarnock Academy) |
| Type | State-funded secondary school under council control |
| Headteacher | David Rose |
| Depute Head Teacher | Drew Howie Andrea Mossie Elaine Walker |
| Location |
15 Elmbank Drive Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 3BS Scotland Coordinates: 55°36′32″N 4°29′35″W / 55.609°N 4.493°W |
| Local authority | East Ayrshire |
| Staff | 50 (FTE) |
| Students | 572 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Fleming, Burns, Scott, Wallace |
| Colours | Maroon and gold |
| Publication | The Goldberry, 1888-1954 |
| Affiliated schools | Loanhead Primary School, Kirkstyle Primary, Hillhead Primary |
| Blog | Kilmarnock Academy Blog |
| Website | www |
Kilmarnock Academy is a state-funded secondary school situated in central Kilmarnock, Scotland, with the current building being erected in 1807. The school can be traced back to the 1630s when it was known as 'Kilmarnock Burgh School'. The school's operations are overseen by East Ayrshire Council.
The school, until June 2015, was headed by Bryan Paterson until he left to become Head Teacher in Edinburgh. Kilmarnock Academy will close in 2018 when it will merge with James Hamilton Academy, New Farm Primary and Early Childhood Centre, Silverwood Primary and 2-18 provision for Gaelic education in Kilmarnock. The current head teacher is David Rose who was appointed in June 2015 on an acting basis, and was made the permanent Head Teacher of Kilmarnock Academy (the newly formed school following merger with James Hamilton Academy) in January 2017.
Kilmarnock Academy is situated upon a hill in Elmbank Drive. Because of this, Kilmarnock Academy is a dominant building in the Kilmarnock skyline.
Until June 2015, the headteacher was Bryan Paterson, assisted by his Depute Headteachers G Kerr & E Walker. Paterson assumed the role of headteacher in August 2011 after the retiral of Carole Ford. The acting Head Teacher, David Rose (2015–present) has taken up post until the school closes in March 2018 to merge with 5 other learning facilities. This investment of £45.303m for the new Kilmarnock campus, has been named William McIlvanney Campus. Work on the new 'super school' started in March, 2016 and the building should be ready to open in March, 2018.
The school consists of four parts. The 'old building', a listed building in use since 1898 and part of the initial Kilmarnock Academy; the 'new building,' a larger building opened in 1967 and connected to the old building by a link corridor; the Technical Extension which opened in 1997 and is now where the schools computing and music departments are situated, and the P.E. building, where the Physical Education department is situated. This is also rented out to groups such as a Tae Kwon Do club and local football teams. Next to the school is the "Old Tech," formerly Kilmarnock Technical School, which opened in 1910 as part of the Academy. It is also listed, but is no longer part of the school; it was closed in 1997 due to a reduction in student numbers, caused by a restructuring of educational resources in the area. The building remained closed, and reopened in 2006 as luxury housing, due to its prime location directly next to the Dick Institute, the town's primary library and museum, and the centre of town.
It can trace its history back to the local burgh school founded in the 1630s and the first school to bear the name was established in 1807. In 1898 the school was moved to its current location and in the early 1900s the school acquired the Kilmarnock Technical School for its use. From 1945 it was a state co-educational grammar school. It became a comprehensive school in 1968 and fees were abolished for students attending Kilmarnock Academy in 1945 following World War II. For the first time since opening, Kilmarnock Academy appointed its first woman Head Teacher, Carole Ford, who served in the position from 1997-2011.
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