{"id":118,"date":"2023-02-07T11:09:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T11:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dumfriesacademy\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2026-01-17T08:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:17:03","slug":"pupil-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dumfriesacademy\/pupil-zone\/pupil-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Pupil Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>Our student body is led by our pupil leadership team. This is comprised of a head boy, head girl and two deputies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates for these roles go through a rigorous selection process to ensure that the successful candidates are young people who embody our school aims and values. Successful candidates are responsible for upholding these values across the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pupil leaders are selected by the staff and pupils of the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025\/26<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head Persons: <\/strong>Loui Currie &amp; Teigan Weir<br><strong>Deputy Head Persons: <\/strong>Lucy Galligan &amp; Grace Samuels<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"709\" data-attachment-id=\"1888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dumfriesacademy\/head-and-depute-persons-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081348\/Head-and-Depute-persons-edited.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"709,709\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Galaxy Z Fold7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1758280114&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002783549&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Head and Depute persons\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081348\/Head-and-Depute-persons-edited-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081348\/Head-and-Depute-persons-edited.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081348\/Head-and-Depute-persons-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081348\/Head-and-Depute-persons-edited.jpg 709w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081348\/Head-and-Depute-persons-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081348\/Head-and-Depute-persons-edited-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081348\/Head-and-Depute-persons-edited-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Left to right: Lucy Galligan (Deputy Head Person), Loui Currie (Head Person), Teigan Weir (Head Person), Grace Samuels (Deputy Head Person).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To assist the pupil leadership team in their duties, we also have prefects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaydee McKerlie, Lexie Smith, Rohan Saji, Matilda Vaughan, Gracie Chalmers, Natalie Gallacher, Erin McCluskey, Sophie Meiklem, Taylah Patterson, Eden Gray, Abbie Hogg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"1889\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/dumfriesacademy\/pupil-zone\/pupil-leadership\/prefects-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081520\/Prefects.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,709\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Prefects\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081520\/Prefects-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081520\/Prefects-1024x576.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/dumfriesacademy\/uploads\/sites\/10271\/2026\/01\/17081520\/Prefects-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1889\" 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Milligan<br><strong>Deputy Head Persons: <\/strong>Ryan Cloy &amp; Erin Pollock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prefects: <\/strong>Abi Hynes, Arwen Henderson, Callie McMinn (absent from photo), Georgia Dickie, Giulia McHenry, Iona Dillon, Jasmine Tiberghien, Jenni Nicoll, Karam Noufal, Kayden Knight, Luke Burn, Matt Gabriel, Megan Hutchison, Rachel Eden, Saul Milligan, Tom Maltman, Zara Gibson, Larissa Maxwell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023\/24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head Boy: <\/strong>Kerr Leonard<br><strong>Head Girl: <\/strong>Morven Terrace<br><strong>Deputy Head Boy: <\/strong>Isaac Hulme<br><strong>Deputy Head Girl: <\/strong>Heather McKean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prefects: <\/strong>Murray Paterson, Taylor Johnston, Skye Allan, Drew Finnie, Craig McWilliam, Thomas McClure, Rebecca McNeish, Reilly Black, Derry Langan, Heather Teasdale, Louise Taperell, Aimee Kirk, Joseph Johnstone, Lucy Begg, Maison Dunn, Teri Smith, Leyla Anderson, Jessica Howat, Alex Bryden, Tony Ho, Abiya Subin, Ellie Galligan, Kim Ritchie, Emily Jahn, Sarah Pennycook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022\/23 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head Boy: <\/strong>Gregor Brown<br><strong>Head Girl: <\/strong>Eve Marchbank<br><strong>Deputy Head Boy: <\/strong>Archie Donald<br><strong>Deputy Head Girl: <\/strong>Rosie Harper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prefects: <\/strong>Callie Robertson, Erin MacFarlane, Hannah Green, Ellie Jackson, Molly Rankin, Aiden Mason, Rob Millar, Evie McKie, Lanna Bryden, Imogen Walker, Lewis Holland, Daidy Dalzell, Ishbel Currie, Freya McRoberts, Harry Blair, Hugo Smith, Rebecca Dalgleish, Kyra Rutherford, Hannah Eden, Beth Milligan, Katie Kilpatrick, Kady Wallace, Finlay Rowe, Jorja Lindsay, Laura Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021\/22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head Boy: <\/strong>Thomas Harper<br><strong>Head Girl: <\/strong>Allison Brown<br><strong>Deputy Head Boy: <\/strong>James Scriven<br><strong>Deputy Head Girl: <\/strong>Lilly Martin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prefects: <\/strong>Aidan Barclay, Emily Bonnar, Niamh Crossan, Zoe Hamilton, Layla Loy, Rory MacLeod, Rebecca Macnair, Ellie Maxwell, Holly McCormick, Daytona Morrison, Eve Penman, Yasmin Robinson, Abi Roebuck, Hasnan Saleem, Hannah Torrance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2020\/21<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head Boy: <\/strong>Matthew Turner<br><strong>Head Girl: <\/strong>Eve Brown<br><strong>Deputy Head Boy: <\/strong>Finlay Patterson<br><strong>Deputy Head Girl: <\/strong>Charlotte Green<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019\/20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head Boy: <\/strong>Conall Anderson<br><strong>Head Girl: <\/strong>Emma McDonald<br><strong>Deputy Head Boy: <\/strong>Ross Whalen<br><strong>Deputy Head Girl: <\/strong>Cara McGregor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prefects: <\/strong>Katie O&#8217;Brian, Kirsty Irving, Leah Cameron, Emma McGregor, Kirsty Adamson, Brooke McDowall, Rebecca Wilson, Chloe Duff, Eilidh Clemie, Emma Walter, Cheyanne Barbour, Samantha Garton, Matthew Jenkins, Rhea Donaldson, Euan Griffiths, Aiden Cloy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2018\/19<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head Boy: <\/strong>Jack Flower<br><strong>Head Girl: <\/strong>Lauren Rice<br><strong>Deputy Head Boy: <\/strong>Jamie Marchbank<br><strong>Deputy Head Girl: <\/strong>Harley Kirk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017\/18<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head Boy: <\/strong>Ahmed Elsheikh<br><strong>Head Girl: <\/strong>Katie Watson<br><strong>Depute Head Boy: <\/strong>Matthew McBride<br><strong>Depute Head Girl: <\/strong>Kelsey Garton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2016\/17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head Boy: <\/strong>James Wilson<br><strong>Head Girl: <\/strong>Megan McIsaac<br><strong>Deputy Head Boy: <\/strong>Hamish Williams<br><strong>Deputy Head Girl: <\/strong>Alannah Creasey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prefects: <\/strong>Keira Williamson, Katie Mundell, Anna Brown, Qamar Un-Nisa, Amy Kirkpatrick, Alex Hume, Morgan McChesney, Caitlin Bemis, Ellen Gardiner, Morgan Love, Amy Turnbull, Kyle Bartlet, Amy Turnbull, Alex McDowall, Christian Morrison&#8217; Sally Logan, Emily Thomson, Lucy Martin, Ruairidh McRoberts, Fraser McFadyen, Henry Sharp, Ross Hair and Lauryn Dyke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our student body is led by our pupil leadership team. 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