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The Mauchline Primary School and Early Childhood Centre (ECC) community are celebrating the results of their recent inspection, published on Tuesday 1 April, by Education Scotland.

A special celebration event was held recently for primary schools across East Ayrshire that have earned Bronze and Silver We Make Music Digital awards.

Stewarton Academy’s Young Enterprise team PAWS brought home six out of ten awards at the young enterprise Ayrshire regional finals recently, including the coveted Company of the Year award.

Grange Academy held their annual Maths Camp recently at Gartmore House, near Aberfoyle, where the young people enjoyed a three day revision boot camp.

A response to the consultation on the proposal - 'To permanently relocate the senior phase of pupils (S4-S6) at Park School to accommodation within St Joseph’s Academy from the beginning of the academic year 2025/2026 in August 2025' is now available. 

Grange Academy’s annual PiDay celebrations were elevated to new heights this year when a group of 22 young people from S2 climbed Loudoun Hill ready for the lunar eclipse at 6.19am.

An alternative school transport policy for academic year 2025/26 was agreed at the recent meeting of Cabinet.

At the recent meeting of Full Council, a report was presented – Building a future East Ayrshire, Capital Investment Programme update – which set out East Ayrshire Council’s investment priorities for a number of key areas including educational facilities.

The Kilmarnock FC East Ayrshire Primary Supporters Club and Killie Trust ran a successful Killie Trust Festive Futsal Cup at Annanhill Primary this week. 

Crosshouse Primary School recently received life-saving equipment donated by Lynne and John Paton from Mobityres.

Grange Academy’s Chris Smith visited Buckingham Palace with his family recently to receive an MBE from Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal.

A team of four young people – Noah, Jack, Oliver and Taylor – from Kilmarnock Academy, with their teachers Mr Campbell and Mrs Lindsay, travelled to the 2024 RTX Quadcopter Challenge Final at RAF Cosford, recently.