November 2023

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) are delivering a national webinar for parents of S2 and S3 pupils on Option Choices.  The webinar will take place on Thursday 7th December at 6:30 pm.  This session aims to: Register for this webinar

With Remembrance Day falling on a Saturday, students and staff at the Academy held their 2 minute silence along with a Wreath Laying ceremony on Friday 10th November at 11.00am. The 2 wreath laying parties, one in the main school hall and the other at the memorial stone in the school grounds were joined by

S3 students were today given their S3 Exam Timetable and Instruction Sheet, please make sure they put this in a safe place when they get home. The S3 exam diet will take place during the week beginning Monday 27th  November this year. These exams will be used to support teacher’s assessment for students within their subjects and to

As most of you will be aware, Mr Tuffery, our Academy Rector, has taken up a 6 month secondment, working with Dumfries and Galloway Education Authority. He will be leaving the Academy as from Monday 6th Nov. We wish him our best in his new role, and look forward to welcoming him back. Following an

See below notification from Dumfries and Galloway Council on the planned strike action for next week. The Academy will be open as normal. STRIKE ACTION 8 NOVEMBER – SUSPENDED We have had notification from Unison that a pay offer is being considered by them, and as such, the strike action that was planned for Wednesday

Some of our S1 pupils have been working on a project funded by Historic Environment Scotland called ‘Cook up the Castle’. We have had local historians come in to school over lunch times to teach us all about what life was like in the castle back when it was functioning. We focused a lot on