Our Enterprising Maths team (Liam S3, Nicole S3, Erin S4, Bogdan S4) put in a stellar performance representing East Ayrshire at the national final at Glasgow Science Centre. Competing against 53 teams from across Scotland, they finished an impressive 29th place. We’re very proud of their achievements and look forward to having Liam and Nicole back in the team next year as S4s.
Three of our senior pupils have achieved prizes for UK Maths Trust Senior Kangaroo. This is an invitation-only follow-on round from the UKMT Senior Maths challenge in which they previously performed outstandingly. Chloe (Higher) achieved a Gold certificate whilst Shahzaib and Cody (Advanced Higher) achieved Silver certificates. Preparation for and participation in the competition was done entirely in pupils’ own time, alongside studying for their prelims – they have done a great job of managing their time.
Kilmarnock Academy has been crowned the Raytheon National Quadcopter champions 2025! After a tough competition in London team KAPPAS came out on top!
Well done to Robbie Lyall, Nathan Craig, Matthew Butler and Lucas Kirkwood for winning the UK finals! What a performance from all our boys, they were outstanding from start to finish, picking up some heavy silverware and a heavier cheque for the school’s STEM fund! Mr Campbell led the team all the way to the finals.
Huge congratulations to our Senior Prefect Team who were appointed before the summer break following a rigorous interview process. We have six Depute Heads (Lottie, Marcus, Jessica, Hannah, Joe and Kyle) and two Heads (Carolina and Thomas). Well done to them all!
From left to right:
Hannah – Joe – Jessica – Thomas – Carolina – Kyle – Marcus – Lottie
We are delighted to have achieved the Keeping the Promise Award! All staff have completed training on how to support care-experienced young people. More work will continue on this next session!
At the beginning of the year, South Ayrshire Council, in partnership with Police Scotland, reached out to all Campus Officers in Ayrshire to arrange pupils to design poster for the Safer Shores Campaign. Kilmarnock Academy submitted 7 posters. Out of all the entries, Brooke’s design was chosen as the winner. Her poster will be used throughout Ayrshire to promote ‘Safer Shores’ within Ayrshire. Well done, Brooke!
Huge congratulations to our newly-appointed S3 Prefects! They will complete training next week along with shadowing S6 Prefects before taking up their new roles during study leave.
