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.
Well done to all our colour run winners! They received their prizes and certificates today!
Huge congratulations to our Senior Prefect Team who were appointed before the summer break following a rigorous interview process. We have six Depute Heads (Lotte, 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 – Lotte
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!
Well done to Adam Law who was part of the Kilmarnock FC Under-18 Team who won the Scottish Cup last night!
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.
Our S2 handball team played in the National Handball Finals at Ravenscraig Sports Centre. 11 teams from across Scotland made it to the finals. The S2 team played 5 matches in total, finishing in 4th place.
