Doon Academy, Dalmellington
Doon Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Dalmellington.
- Attendance
- 86.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Doon Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Doon 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 239 pupils and 7.9 pupils per teacher.
28% of pupils are registered for free school meals and 55% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 86.3% in 2024/25, and 49% 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 good (A); the school was 45% full.
89% of pupils who left in 2018/19 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 92% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Doon Academy.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bellsbank Crescent (after), 50 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Doon Academy are Dalmellington Primary School (under 0.1 miles) and Bellsbank Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; East Ayrshire publishes both.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Doon Academy in October 2026.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Doon Academy is a secondary school in Dalmellington that caters to the local surrounding areas Dalmellington, Patna, Rankinston and Bellsbank. The current head teacher is Kenneth Reilly who took over from John Mackenzie in 2014.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 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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Doon Academy
Questions parents ask about Doon Academy
When was Doon Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Doon Academy in October 2026.
What is the catchment area for Doon Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Doon 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 East Ayrshire. East Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Doon Academy?
If you live in Doon Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Doon Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Doon Academy?
Doon Academy is at Ayr Road, Dalmellington, Dalmellington, KA6 7SJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)