Doon Academy

Great start to our Pre-Apprenticeship Training programme delivered by Sarah Britton from the EAC Future Skills team to 8 Doon Academy apprenticeship candidates.

A huge thank you to Sarah Britton, Sarah Parker and the wider team for supporting the development of our young workforce and providing employment opportunities for our young people within the Doon Valley.

EAC / Doon Academy Modern Apprenticeships 2026 The school has, once again, worked in partnership with our colleagues at East Ayrshire Council's Skills and Workforce team to open up four new MAs in Horticulture, Facilities Management, Catering and Early Years for Doon leavers.

The Vision - check out all of the amazing work created by Doon Academy learners from the BGE all the way through to Advanced Higher #expressivearts

The Sound - Well done to our BGE winning Young Musician Kai and our Senior Phase winner Logan. They will be representing Doon Academy at the East Ayrshire final in a couple weeks. Congratulations! #expressivearts

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for our Sound and Vision 2026 event. A fantastic evening was had by all celebrating the talents of Doon Academy learners. We are so proud of every performer, presenter and artist featured #expressivearts

If any pupils are interested in a career in the Armed Forces please speak to Mr Kelly about information sessions that are happening soon.

You can still get your tickets from Miss Romaniuk for £2 tomorrow or even purchase them on the door tomorrow night. Hope to see you all there #expressivearts

A great wee case study on the work we are doing with our Partners @genplus_ developing Meta Skills in all of our young people across the Curriculum. genplus.co.uk/category/case-…

Our S2 pupils enjoyed a brilliant day out with the English Department at the Robert Burns Museum, Burn's Cottage and surrounding sites. They were learning about Burns and his contribution to Scottish life and poetry.

Well done to Doon pupil Logan McLurkin whose Cello Trio came first in their class at The Ayrshire Music Festival

Congratulations to our S5-6 pupils who completed their Powering Futures Awards by presenting their work to Local Employers at an event at Ayr Racecourse.

Come along and join us for a fun filled evening of Art and Music on Wednesday the 25th of March for our Young Musician Competition and Art Exhibition. Tickets can be purchased from Miss Romaniuk for £2 #expressivearts

The S3 Physics class had a great day visiting Dumfries House STEM Centre to learn about Aerospace careers and develop their practical skills by soldering circuits and repairing RC cars to race against each other.

30 pupils S3-5 attended the @EastAyrshire Pathways to Careers event at @AyrshireColl. They thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to network around the 60+ employers in attendance. This event was crucial to the development of their career planning and management skills.

Our former pupil, George Carrick, was in school yesterday to provide a powerful presentation to S4 about his recent Testicular Cancer diagnosis. George has had surgery and is going through treatment. His progress has been positive and his strength of character inspirational.

EAC Pathways to Careers Event - the school is running a bus to the event below, if your child would like to attend please ask them to speak to Mr Kelly.

A great article from the Scotsman featuring our pupils and Mr Kelly at Dumfries House learning a range of skills to help improve their employability. scotsman.com/education/we-a…