Kyle Academy is a state-run secondary school in Ayr

Ayr

Ayr is a town and port situated on the Firth of Clyde in south-west Scotland. With a population of around 46,000, Ayr is the largest settlement in Ayrshire, of which it is the county town, and has held royal burgh status since 1205...

, Scotland

Scotland

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, run by South Ayrshire Council

South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....

. It is a non-denominational, co-educational school, serving some of the southern part of Ayr.

History

Kyle Academy was built in 1979 and started with 120 First Year pupils. It currently has an enrolment of 760 pupils in 6 year groups. Its main feeder schools are Forehill Primary, Ayr Grammar Primary and Holmston Primary. After the closure of Mainholm Academy in 2006, Kyle Academy now inducts pupils from Whittlets and Dalmilling Primary..

Future

As part of South Ayrshire's Public–private partnership, Kyle Academy was extended in 2007. The separate new annex holds a 300 seat, multimedia equipped assembly hall/theatre, E-Learning suite and meeting rooms..

Alumni

• Nicholas Barber, Journalist and Film Critic (Independent on Sunday)
• Katy Clark
  Katy Clark
  Kathryn Sloan Clark is a British Labour Party politician and former trade union official who has been the Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire and Arran since 2005.-Early life:...
  
  , Labour MP for North Ayrshire and Arran
• Dr Stuart McAnnulla, Political Scientist, Leeds University
• Niall Paterson, Defence Correspondent, Sky News
  Sky News
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• Matthew William Gardiner, Former Executive Director at HSBC

External links

• Kyle Academy's page on Scottish Schools Online
• Kyle Academy on South Ayrshire Council website
• HM Inspectorate of Education: Kyle Academy Inspection Report, 15 June 2004