Kilmarnock Academy

Kilmarnock Academy is a state-funded secondary school situated in central Kilmarnock, Scotland in which the current original building was 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 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. The current school campus located in Elmbank Drive will close in March 2018 following the merger of Kilmarnock Academy and James Hamilton Academy to allow the creation of a new secondary school that will be located on the new William McIllvaney Campus to allow educational provision to transfer to a newly constructed building located in the New Farm Loch area of the town, currently home to the existing James Hamilton Academy building. The name Kilmarnock Academy will remain is usage for the new secondary school, whilst the name James Hamilton will be used for the new primary school and early childhood centre. Kilmarnock Academy is one of only two schools to have educated two Nobel Peace Price Laureates – Alexander Fleming, discoverer of Penicillin, and John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, for his scientific research into nutrition and his work as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The only other school which matches Kilmarnock Academy in this accolade is Eton College.

Kilmarnock Academy is a state-funded secondary school situated in central Kilmarnock, Scotland in which the current original building was 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 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. The current school campus located in Elmbank Drive will close in March 2018 following the merger of Kilmarnock Academy and James Hamilton Academy to allow the creation of a new secondary school that will be located on the new William McIllvaney Campus to allow educational provision to transfer to a newly constructed building located in the New Farm Loch area of the town, currently home to the existing James Hamilton Academy building. The name Kilmarnock Academy will remain is usage for the new secondary school, whilst the name James Hamilton will be used for the new primary school and early childhood centre. Kilmarnock Academy is one of only two schools to have educated two Nobel Peace Price Laureates – Alexander Fleming, discoverer of Penicillin, and John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, for his scientific research into nutrition and his work as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The only other school which matches Kilmarnock Academy in this accolade is Eton College.