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Pupils interested in applying to courses at Ayrshire College, starting in August 2026, should go to PSE1 during Period 3 or 4 on Tue 17th Feb to meet with Gordon Armstrong (school Careers Adviser), where you will be able to receive support in applying for a course of your choice.
⚽️The trial for the S1 Boys football team will now take place on Tuesday 2nd September 3.40-5pm and Wednesday 3rdSeptember 2.50-4pm. Boys should attend both days wherever possible. Please not these times are different from originally advertised.⚽️
Congratulations to S3 Skye pupil Kieran & his partner Eamon, who took to the grass at the Play Your Way To Wimbledon 18U Doubles National Finals this week 🍓 🎾. The boys won their local & regional events to qualify, a fantastic achievement in itself!
For returning S5/6 pupils, members of senior staff will be in school tomorrow, Thu 7th Aug 10am-2pm, to discuss option changes. Option changes will still be available following our return from the summer holidays for any pupil who cannot come into school on Thursday 7th August.
We are wishing all senior students the very best today for their SQA exam results.
If you didn’t get the results you were hoping for then do not panic. Help available from @skillsdevscot. There is an opportunity to come into school on Thursday 10-2 to discuss options if needed.
Sending good luck wishes to Alesha in new S5 as she travels to Lleida in Spain to represent Scotland in the European Baton Twirling Championships this week! 🏴
I am delighted to share with you our Summer Newsletter. Finally, I want to wish you and your family a relaxing and enjoyable summer holiday and I look forward to hearing future news about Prestwick Academy.
https://t.co/LIs99EDUTV
Kind Regards,
Elaine Harrigan
Head Teacher
We invite you to view our virtual galleries exhibiting work from Nat 5 & higher Art & Design, and Higher Photography.
Photography exhibition:
https://t.co/PN9OuoJmXr
Art & Design exhibition:
https://t.co/SvphmS31BR
🏐Netball News🏐
A fantastic day last week at the South Ayrshire Schools Netball tournament. We had 4 teams taking part and everyone played extremely well.
Well done to the S4 team who finished in 2nd place.
Thanks to everyone from active schools who put this event on!
New York 🍎🗽🏙️ you have been AMAZING and our young people have been BRILLIANT.
Statue of Liberty ✅
9/11 memorial ✅
Top of the Rock ✅
Times Square ✅
UN Headquarters ✅
Walking tour ✅
Now time for Washington DC
Congratulations to our new school captains and vice captains on their successful elections. All candidates worked hard canvassing pupils and staff, which made for an exciting election campaign.
Captains - Caitlin and Niamh
Vice Captains - Cerys and Evie
We had an amazingly successful 2025 School Show... Little Shop of Horrors🪴 Thank you to everyone who came and supported our extremely talented pupils, our pupils should be so proud of themselves, also a big thanks to our brilliant staff who played a part in the production👏
Congrats to Keelan,Abi,Liam,Jamie & Jack who won a Bronze award for their amazing input to the Provost School Footprint Challenge.The team were against South Ayrshire schools,presenting their creativity,commitment to sustainability & ideas for reducing our environmental footprint