Largs Academy

Largs Academy
Largs Academy School Logo
Address
Flatt Road
Largs, Ayrshire, KA30 9JX
Scotland
Coordinates 55°39′18″N 4°42′07″W / 55.655°N 4.702°W / 55.655; -4.702Coordinates: 55°39′18″N 4°42′07″W / 55.655°N 4.702°W / 55.655; -4.702
Information
Type Secondary School
Mottoes Labora et Disce (English:Work and Learn)
Established 1970
Closed 2018
Headteacher Heather Burns
Staff 84 FTE
Gender Mixed
Age 11 to 18
Enrollment 1,076 (2012) [1]
Houses
  • Arran
  • Bute
  • Cowal
  • Kintyre
  • Mull
Colour(s)     Black
    Gold
    Blue
School years S1-S6
Website Largs Academy

Largs Academy is a Scottish secondary school, opened in August 1970, serving the towns of Largs, Fairlie, Skelmorlie and the island of Cumbrae, as well as taking placement requests from across Scotland, from places such as West Kilbride, Beith and Renfrewshire. As of March 2017, Largs Academy was in the top 30 schools for Higher Results in Scotland, sitting at number 27. [2]

Senior Management team

As of August 2012, the headteacher was Mrs Heather Burns.[3] The previous Headteacher, Arthur Jones, retired at the end of the 2011/2012 session after nine years as Headteacher.

Name Period Length (Years) Departure Reason
Mr H. McGhee [4] 1970-1974 4 Retirement
Mr W. Inglis [5] 1974 - 1994 20 Retirement
Mr G. Maxwell [6] 1994 - 2003 9 Early Retirement
Mr A. Jones [7] 2003 - 2012 9 Retirement
Mrs H. Burns 2012 - 2018 [8] 6 School relocated to Largs Campus

Feeder schools

Largs Academy had six feeder schools, St. Mary's Primary School, Brisbane Primary School, Cumbrae Primary School, Fairlie Primary School, Kelburn Primary School,and Skelmorlie Primary School. Children from West Kilbride, Beith and Renfrewshire can also attend Largs Academy by placement request.

Bus Crash

During a school trip to Barcelona 27 June 2002, a coach that was carrying a party of students and teachers from Largs Academy, crashed on the A6 motorway link road at Bierre-les-Semur, near Dijon, France at about 4AM BST.

Two pupils and four teachers were hospitalized with serious injuries, with at least five others suffering minor injuries. One of the injured teachers lost an arm as the bus rolled. One life was also lost in the crash, Katherine Fish, who was a 4th year student at the school.

After the crash, a memorial plaque was put up in the Largs Academy Music Department in memory of Katherine. [9]

Largs Campus

Largs Academy and surrounding schools St Mary’s RC Primary School and amalgamated Brisbane and Kelburn Primary School will be accommodation in a new £50m campus, aimed to be complete by early 2018. Allowing the previous school locations to be used for housing.

North Ayrshire Council approved the proposals following a pre-determination meeting was held to give objectors and all stakeholders involved in the process a chance to make representation.

The facility provides an environment for learning for 1200 Secondary school pupils, 210 denominational primary pupils, 610 non-denominational Primary pupis and 100 Early Years places, as well as core leisure and community provision to the surrounding area due to a partnership with SportsScotland. [10]

Notable Pupils

References

  1. ↑ "Largs Academy PC 2012" (PDF). Largs Academy. 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  2. ↑ "Largs Academy in top ranked schools list". Largs and Millport Weekly News. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  3. ↑ "Senior Management Team". Largs Academy. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  4. ↑ Died 1999
  5. ↑ "Tributes to former Academy Headteacher". Largs and Millport Weekly News. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  6. ↑ Died 2007
  7. ↑ "Fond farewell for Arthur Jones". Largs and Millport Weekly News. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  8. ↑ "New_Academy_head_to_be_named". Largs and Millport Weekly News.
  9. ↑ "Pupil dies in French coach crash". BBC NEWS. 2002-06-27. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  10. ↑ "Work on new Largs Campus begins!". Hub South West Scotland. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  11. ↑ English. "Kevin McKay". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  12. ↑ "Connor MacLeod on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  13. ↑ "Paralympics: Abby Kane and Andrew Mullen add to GB medals". BBC Sport. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-10-04.


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