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During November fifty six second and third year pupils travelled to London for four days of sightseeing and adventures. On their first night they went to see Buckingham Palace and saw King Charles arriving with an entourage, they then walked to Trafalgar Square and finished with a trip to Covent Garden and a dinner at […]

WW1 Battlefields trip to Belgium and France      On the first of November, thirty-five of us excited students set off from the school in the early hours of the morning, bound for Ypres, Belgium.    Their first day was spent visiting historical sites around Ypres such as battle sites, trenches and war cemeteries, we were told

30 pupils from Kirkcudbright Academy entered the UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge on Tuesday 4th October. This challenge encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. This year our Silver award winner was Marcus Duncan, seven Bronze awards went to Joshua Eade-White, Noah Goodare, Odran Simpson, Finlay Wilkinson, Fergus McClure, Solli Stephenson and Edie

The pupils and staff at Kirkcudbright Academy marked Remembrance Day on Friday 11th November by holding a 2 minute silence along with a Wreath Laying ceremony. 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 representatives from the Parent

Welcome to our end of term newsletter, produced by the S6 Kirkcudbright Academy Magazine team. Termly newsletters is a new departure for our KAM team who have previously concentrated on producing an annual year-book, I think this is an excellent change to how KAM operates; upholding the traditional values of the magazine whilst embracing the

See how our F1 in Schools Teams got on in the 2022 Regional Finals, click on the link below to see the races: You’ve seen the Races, now for the awards, are there any coming our way?

On Thursday 29th of September Kirkcudbright Academy sent four pupils to Douglas Ewart High School to compete in the Enterprising Maths Challenge. The day comprised of various challenges from Puzzle Stations to the Engineering challenge. Although we did not come in first place the pupils applied great effort to the tasks and worked brilliantly as a

During the past year a number Academy students have been engaged in the Internationally run F1 in Schools project. Looking to build on the link between the school and F1, as Kirkcudbright Academy is thought to be the only school in the world to have had 2 students going on to win races driving in

“The Scottish Government has confirmed that schools will be closed on Monday 19th September, the day of the Queen’s State Funeral and the last day of National Mourning.  Additionally, the Scottish Government has asked that we specifically highlight that pupils are expected to continue to attend at all other times throughout the period of mourning.”

We wish you every success and hope everyone receives the results they are hoping for when they are delivered tomorrow, 9th August. Whether you have registered to receive them via text/email or waiting for the envelope to drop through the door we hope it’s a day for celebration. What if You don’t get the grades