Auchenharvie Academy, STEVENSTON
Auchenharvie Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Stevenston.
- Attendance
- 86.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Auchenharvie Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Auchenharvie Academy is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 678 pupils and 12.4 pupils per teacher.
49% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 56% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
75% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.9% in 2024/25, and 47.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 72% full.
93% of pupils who left in 2016/17 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 90% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Auchenharvie Academy are St Matthew's Academy (0.8 miles), Ardrossan Academy (1.3 miles), Kilwinning Academy (2.8 miles) and Irvine Royal Academy (3.7 miles).
St Matthew's AcademyArdrossan AcademyKilwinning AcademyIrvine Royal Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Saltcoats Rail Station, about 1120 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Auchenharvie Academy (at), 130 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Auchenharvie Academy are Glencairn Primary School (0.5 miles), Ardeer Primary School (0.7 miles), Mayfield Primary School (0.7 miles) and Caledonia Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Ayrshire publishes both.
Glencairn Primary SchoolArdeer Primary SchoolMayfield Primary SchoolCaledonia Primary School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Auchenharvie Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Auchenharvie Academy is a secondary school located in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is a comprehensive school which takes children from ages 11–18, and through years S1 - S6.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Auchenharvie Academy
Questions parents ask about Auchenharvie Academy
What is the catchment area for Auchenharvie Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Auchenharvie Academy is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to North Ayrshire. North Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Auchenharvie Academy?
If you live in Auchenharvie Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Auchenharvie Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Auchenharvie Academy?
Auchenharvie Academy is at Saltcoats Road, STEVENSTON, STEVENSTON, KA20 3JW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)