Irvine Royal Academy, IRVINE

Irvine Royal 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 712 pupils and 11.2 pupils per teacher.

50% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.

75% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 1% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 83.4% in 2024/25, and 55.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 76% full.

94% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 93% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

In its own words: "Irvine Royal Academy is a thriving learning community which inspires, encourages and challenges all to be confident, responsible, successful and effective contributors to society. have structures in place to ensure that all young people are safeguarded ensure teachers are able to teach as freely as possible within a flexible timetable and dynamic curriculum"

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am delighted to be the Head Teacher at Irvine Royal Academy and I feel very privileged to have been afforded this opportunity by North Ayrshire Council. I am excited about the improvement journey that the school is on."

The school runs after-school care.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Irvine Royal Academy are Greenwood Academy (2.1 miles), Kilwinning Academy (2.2 miles) and Auchenharvie Academy (3.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Irvine Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sandy Road (opposite), 80 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Irvine Royal Academy are Castlepark Primary School (0.4 miles), Woodlands Primary School (0.9 miles), St Mark's Primary School (1.1 miles) and Montgomerie Park Primary School (1.1 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Ayrshire publishes both.