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Kirkcudbright Academy receives prestigious UNICEF UK Gold Award Kirkcudbright Academy has been awarded Gold by UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School programme. UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and realising children’s rights and encouraging adults, children […]

Now we have completed the main diets for our Prelim Exams we are now entering the final stretch leading up to Exams in April/May. Ensure your Son/Daughter is thoroughly prepared, encourage them to take advantage of our Sturdy Support Sessions. Our staff, at the Academy, give up their own time to support students in their

Kirkcudbright Academy would like to wish everyone, Pupils, Parents/Carers, Partners, Friends and Staff a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

With the December Prelim Diet now underway we are now in a position to publish the timetable for the Prelim Exams due to be sat during the January diet.

Once again the Prelim Exams have been split into 2 Diets, one before the Christmas Break (December) and one after (January).The December Diet will be taking place from Monday 8th Dec through to Monday 15th Dec. These will be held mainly in the Cochran Hall and the School Library, however other venues may be in

Tuesday 11th November, at 11.00, Kirkcudbright Academy fell silent in remembrance of those that fell in conflict. A representative group of Army and Sea Cadets, along with Academy House Captains joined the Senior Management Team to lay wreaths on the memorial in the Old School Hall, and at the remembrance stone in the school grounds.

Many of our staff give up their own Free Time, during lunch or after school to provide extra support for our students. A large number of Study Support Session have already started and many more will become available later in the year. See the timetable below for those that are currently running, or will be

The S3 exam diet will take place during the week beginning Monday 24rd November this year. These exams will be used to support teacher’s assessment for students within their subjects and to provide experience for students in sitting a formal exam. Students must make sure they revise thoroughly for the exam and to help you with

On the 16th of September, our school was privileged to attend a STEM career conference held within the beautiful grounds of Dumfries House. The event served as an excellent platform to showcase the diverse range of career opportunities available within the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The conference featured professionals from a

“Kirkcudbright Academy pupils recently had success at the Enterprising Maths in Scotland 2025 Regional competition at The Bridge in Dumfries. This competition provides a series of logic and problem solving challenges where pupils must work as a team to successfully complete each task. Kirkcudbright finished in runner up position which mean they will now proceed