Kilwinning Academy, KILWINNING
Kilwinning Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Kilwinning.
- Attendance
- 87.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kilwinning Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Kilwinning 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 828 pupils and 12.1 pupils per teacher.
40% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 48% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
56% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.1% in 2024/25, and 46.6% 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 63% full.
95% 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Kilwinning Academy are Irvine Royal Academy (2.2 miles), Auchenharvie Academy (2.8 miles), St Matthew's Academy (3.4 miles) and Ardrossan Academy (3.8 miles).
Irvine Royal AcademyAuchenharvie AcademySt Matthew's AcademyArdrossan Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilwinning Rail Station, about 370 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Claremont Crescent (opposite), 30 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Kilwinning Academy are Abbey Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Winning's Primary School (0.2 miles), Blacklands Primary School (0.4 miles) and Pennyburn Primary School (0.5 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Ayrshire publishes both.
Abbey Primary SchoolSt Winning's Primary SchoolBlacklands Primary SchoolPennyburn 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 Kilwinning Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Kilwinning Academy is a six-year, non-denominational, secondary school with an agreed capacity of 1,330 in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
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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
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 4 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 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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Kilwinning Academy
What is the catchment area for Kilwinning Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kilwinning 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 Kilwinning Academy?
If you live in Kilwinning 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 Kilwinning Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 4 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 North Ayrshire is 4 (the median across 61 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kilwinning Academy?
Kilwinning Academy is at Dalry Road, KILWINNING, KILWINNING, KA13 7HD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)