Kilmarnock Academy, KILMARNOCK
Kilmarnock Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Kilmarnock.
- Attendance
- 87%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kilmarnock Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Kilmarnock 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.
Kilmarnock Academy offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 1226 pupils and 14.4 pupils per teacher.
17% of pupils are registered for free school meals and 27% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
35% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87% in 2024/25, and 45.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 80% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% 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 Kilmarnock Academy are St Joseph's Academy (0.4 miles), Grange Academy (1.7 miles), Loudoun Academy (3.6 miles) and Stewarton Academy (4.9 miles).
St Joseph's AcademyGrange AcademyLoudoun AcademyStewarton Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilmarnock Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is James Hamilton Academy (at), 100 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Kilmarnock Academy are Sgoil na Coille Nuaidh (under 0.1 miles), James Hamilton Primary (under 0.1 miles), St Andrew's Primary School (0.4 miles) and Loanhead 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.
Sgoil na Coille NuaidhJames Hamilton PrimarySt Andrew's Primary SchoolLoanhead 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 Kilmarnock Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Kilmarnock Academy, formerly Kilmarnock Burgh School, is an 11–17 co-educational secondary school in Kilmarnock, Scotland, currently serving in its fourth location on Sutherland Drive in the New Farm Loch area of the town. Previous sites for Kilmarnock Academy include College Wynd, erected during the 1680s–1690s, Green Street, erected in 1752, and Elmbank Drive, erected in 1898.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 2
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
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Questions parents ask about Kilmarnock Academy
What is the catchment area for Kilmarnock Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kilmarnock 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 Kilmarnock Academy?
If you live in Kilmarnock 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 Kilmarnock Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Kilmarnock Academy?
Kilmarnock Academy is at William McIlvanney Campus, Sutherland Drive, KILMARNOCK, KILMARNOCK, KA3 7DF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)