Editing East Ayrshire (section)

===Education===
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[[File:Ayrshire College, Kilmarnock, 2018.jpg|thumb|right|The new [[Ayrshire College]] campus opened in Kilmarnock in October 2016]]
East Ayrshire has nine secondary schools, forty-three primary schools, four schools which cater for children with additional support needs, thirty-three early education childhood centres and three children's houses.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/CouncilDepartments/EducationalAndSocialServices/EducationalAndSocialServices.aspx |title=Educational and Social Services - East Ayrshire Council |access-date=2013-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202517/http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/CouncilDepartments/EducationalAndSocialServices/EducationalAndSocialServices.aspx |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Kilmarnock Academy]] is one of only two schools in the world to have educated two [[List of Nobel laureates|Nobel laureates]]: [[Alexander Fleming]] and [[John Boyd Orr]]. Both men attended Kilmarnock Academy when it was located on North Hamilton Street; the school has since relocated to Sutherland Drive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/famousindex.htm|title=kilmarnockacademy.co.uk|website=kilmarnockacademy.co.uk|access-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720004458/http://kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/famousindex.htm|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kilmarnock Academy: Former pupils |url=https://www.kilmarnockhistory.co.uk/cm-content/files/Former%20pupils%20master%20(002).pdf |website=Kilmarnock History |access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>

[[Grange Academy, Kilmarnock|Grange Academy]] in Kilmarnock, is one of only seven [[Scottish Football Association|Scottish Football Association (SFA) Performance Schools]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/performance/jd-performance-schools/grange-academy-kilmarnock/ | title=Grange Academy &#124; Performance Schools &#124; Scottish FA }}</ref>

The [[Robert Burns Academy]] in Cumnock is the largest educational campus in Scotland.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/scotlands-biggest-school-takes-shape-14157676 | title=Scotland's biggest school takes shape in Ayrshire | date=19 March 2019 }}</ref>

The area's secondary schools include:
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*[[Doon Academy]]
*[[Grange Academy, Kilmarnock|Grange Academy]]
*[[Kilmarnock Academy]] 
*[[Loudoun Academy]]
*[[Robert Burns Academy]]
*[[Saint Joseph's Academy, Kilmarnock|St Joseph's Academy]]
*[[Stewarton Academy]]
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Kilmarnock is home to a campus of [[Ayrshire College]], which provides a range of courses to adults as well as school-aged pupils. It is funded by East Ayrshire council and other educational providers. The campus opened in October 2016 in a new, £53 million, building on the site of the Johnnie Walker bottling plant. It superseded the [[Kilmarnock College]] building on Holehouse Road.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14961211.first-minister-opens-53-million-ayrshire-college-kilmarnock-campus/|title = First Minister opens £53 million Ayrshire College Kilmarnock campus| date=12 December 2016 }}</ref>