Ayr Academy

Ayr Academy is a non-denominational secondary school situated just outside centre of Ayr in South Ayrshire. It is a comprehensive school for children from the ages of 11-18 from Ayr. Ayr Academy's catchment area covers Newton-on-Ayr, Whitletts and the outlying villages of Coylton, Annbank, and Mossblown. In 2007, the closure of Mainholm Academy resulted in the addition of approximately 100 additional pupils attending Ayr Academy. At present, just over 700 pupils attend the school.The new school has now been built within Craigie and the handover to South Ayrshire Council was completed on the 04th August 2017 for the start of term on the 18th August 2017. The old Ayr Academy closed it's doors for the final time to pupils on 23rd June 2017 and to staff on 28th June 2017, after many years of serving the town.The school's motto is Respice, Prospice, which is Latin for "Look Backwards, Look Forwards" which would mean, idiomatically, "Learn from the past, look to the future.".