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On The 23rd of June, twenty-two S1-S6 pupils participated in the Rotary Young Musician of the Year Competition at Kirkcudbright Academy.  To comply with Covid regulations, some students submitted recordings and some performed live.  All of the pupils impressed the judges, former pupils Nathan Syed-Tollan and Calum Johnstone, with musical and confident performances.  The winner […]

Pupils who have complete courses at National 5, Higher Grade and Advanced Higher will receive their provisional results via email tomorrow at the end of the school day. All pupils concerned should check their school email accounts. Provisional results, which will be forwarded to the SQA, have been generated across all subjects where pupils have

Find out the latest position on schools reopening and phased return. Updated – 8 April 2021 Dear Parents/Carers  RETURN TO SCHOOL FOR SECONDARY PUPILS FROM 12 APRIL 2021  I hope you and your family had an enjoyable holiday.  The First Minister announced yesterday that, having assessed the data with the input of national clinical advisors,

Dear Parents and Carers of pupils in S4 to S6, Scottish Alternative Certification Model, 2021 Attached to this post is a timetable of the written assessments that will form part of the assessment process for producing your child’s exam grades.  Across Scotland, and the wider UK, centralised exams were cancelled and over the last few months,

Dear Parent/ Carer, Further to the information sent on the 9 March the following details are provided for the return to school for secondary pupils in D & G from Monday 15 March until the end of term (26 March). After the spring break it is expected that all pupils will return on a full

Dear Parents and Carers, With announcements that have emerged from central government, we now have an idea of what the return to school might be looking like.  With small numbers of pupils currently attending to complete practical assessments, we are expecting an increased number of pupils to attend – for at last part of the week

In celebration of Scottish Apprenticeship Week which runs from 1st – 5th March, Dumfries and Galloway College have organised a full schedule of live virtual events. We would appreciate if you could spread the word about the below events to Parent, Guardians, Teacher, Career Advisors and Young People. The links to book a place on the

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is offering parents and carers an online opportunity to find out more about how they can help their child make their S2/3 subject choices for the Senior Phase. Scotland’s national skills agency has organised the virtual session on Thursday 25 February which will also give parents and carers information about accessing a wide range of SDS support.  Careers advisers Joan Duncan and Gemma

This time of year is when students in S2 would be making their Subject Choices for S3 and beyond. Due to the school lockdown we have not been able to follow the usual procedures and had to adapt the process slightly. This phase of subject choice is one of the most important of the young

Due to the restriction imposed which resulted in schools’ being put into lockdown the Academy has been unable to run it’s Annual P7 Open Evening this year. We, however, feel it is important for our New, up and coming, student to gain an insight into aspects of the Academy that would have been covered during