{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox school | name = Girvan Academy | native_name = | image = File:Girvan Academy - NX1997 - geograph 4147420.jpg | image_size = 240px | alt = | caption = | motto = | established = 1812 | closed = | type = Non-denominational secondary school under state control | admissions = | trust = | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = Head Teacher | head = Mark Anderson | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | language = | address = The Avenue | location = | city = Girvan | district = | postal_code = KA26 9DW | county = South Ayrshire | country = Scotland | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|lat|lon|display=inline,title}} --> | pushpin_map = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | local_authority = South Ayrshire Council | urn = | ofsted = | staff = 42 Teaching staff <br /> 50 Support Staff<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.girvanacademy.sayr.sch.uk/about-us/|title=About The School |website=Girvan Academy}}</ref> | capacity = | enrolment = 521 {{As of|2017/18|}} | gender = Male and female | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | houses = | colours = | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = {{URL|https://www.girvanacademy.sayr.sch.uk}} }}
'''Girvan Academy''' is an 11–18 secondary school in Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the seventh largest secondary school in South Ayrshire, with a pupil roll of 541 enrolled at the school in 2023–2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=School rolls |url=https://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/school-rolls |website=South Ayrshire Council |access-date=18 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The school is the responsibility of South Ayrshire Council, with its head teacher responsible for the daily operation and running of the school.
Since 2021 the head teacher has been Mark Anderson,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.girvanacademy.sayr.sch.uk/2021/08/18/2021-22-head-teacher-introduction/|title=2021/22 Head Teacher Introduction|website=Girvan Academy}}</ref> he replacing Elaine Harrigan.<ref name=rural>{{cite news |title= Girvan Academy pupils benefit from horticultural and rural skills |url=https://www.ayradvertiser.com/news/15585499.girvan-academy-pupils-benefit-from-horticultural-and-rural-skills/ |work=Ayr Advertiser |date=10 October 2017}}</ref>
==History== In the early 1800s there were two schools in Girvan: the Burgh School and the Parish School, which was also known as the Parochial or Grammar School at different times in its history. Around 1812, the two schools merged to form Girvan Higher Grade School which later became Girvan High School, subsequently renamed as Girvan Academy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.girvanacademy.sayr.sch.uk/pdf/School_Handbook_2016-2017.pdf |title=School Handbook 2016 - 2017 |access-date=10 December 2017 |archive-date=10 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210232040/http://www.girvanacademy.sayr.sch.uk/pdf/School_Handbook_2016-2017.pdf |url-status=dead |website=Girvan Academy}}</ref>
In 1981 a school team reached the semi-finals of the ''Top of the Form'' radio competition, where the school team competed against Aston Academy of South Yorkshire. Girvan won with 91 points, which is the highest in the radio series history.<ref>''Sunday Post'' Sunday 20 December 1981, page 20</ref> Girvan won the whole competition. The winning team received the trophy in January 1982, awarded by George Younger, Secretary of State for Scotland.<ref>''Times'' Thursday 28 January 1982, page 5</ref>
The present building was completed in 1988.
In 2017 the school launched a horticultural and rural skills programme.<ref name=rural/>
==Notable pupils== <!-- PLEASE ONLY ADD PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE --> *Graeme Eaglesham (born 1989), footballer *Sir William Strath (1906–1975), civil servant
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.girvanacademy.sayr.sch.uk/}} * {{cite web|url=https://education.gov.scot/inspection-and-review/find-an-inspection-report/find-an-inspection-report/details/?id=2711 |title= Girvan Academy|website=Education Scotland}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/girvan-academy|title=Girvan Academy |website= South Ayrshire Council}}
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