Grange Academy, Kilmarnock
Grange Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Kilmarnock.
- Attendance
- 84.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Grange Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Grange 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 1312 pupils and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
17% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 1% speak English as an additional language.
32% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 28% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 84.6% in 2024/25, and 44.3% 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 88% full.
89% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% 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 Grange Academy are St Joseph's Academy (1.4 miles) and Kilmarnock Academy (1.7 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilmarnock Rail Station, about 1040 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Peace Avenue (before), 270 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Grange Academy are Annanhill Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Gargieston Primary School (0.4 miles), Loanhead Primary School (0.9 miles) and Hillhead Primary School (1 mile). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; East Ayrshire publishes both.
Annanhill Primary SchoolGargieston Primary SchoolLoanhead Primary SchoolHillhead 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Grange Academy in June 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Grange Academy is an 11–18 non-denominational secondary school based in Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It serves the Bonnyton and town centre areas of the town, with the associated primaries being Crosshouse Primary, Annanhill Primary, Hillhead Primary, Gargieston Primary and Shortlees Primary.
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At a Glance
No
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
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 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 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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Questions parents ask about Grange Academy
When was Grange Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Grange Academy in June 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Grange Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Grange 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 Grange Academy?
If you live in Grange 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 Grange Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Grange Academy?
Grange Academy is at Beech Avenue, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock, KA1 2EW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)