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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

Results? Your career service is here to helpWhatever your results are, you have options. Skills Development Scotland (SDS) delivers Scotland’s career service. SDS results support will provide help and advice to learners, their parents and carers at what could be an uncertain time. The SDS Results Helpline number is 0808 100 8000. This helpline goes

Following a recent election and interview process, which saw a large number of students put their names forward , the following have been elected as Prefects for session 2022-23: Niamh Kenny (Head Girl) Ben Durham (Head Boy) Molly Davies Willow McCarlie-Davies Ruby Patterson Hope Rowley Lewis Valentine Edie Wight Kirkcudbright Academy Prefect Team has a

We are now an accredited Rights Respecting School having achieved our Bronze Award from Unicef. This means that we have shown that we are committed as a school community to making the rights in the UNCRC at the heart of everything we do. This has been achieved by our school Pupil Council who act as

Our Higher and Advanced Higher Chemistry students made their annual trip to Strathclyde University recently, see the report below from one of the students. We all got to school by 7:30 and after a rather bumpy bus ride we arrived at the University of Strathclyde. Our instructor told us about the experiments we were going