Editing Stranraer (section)

==Education==
The town of Stranraer has five [[primary school]]s: Belmont, Park, Rephad, Sheuchan and St. Joseph's R.C., while villages in the local area usually have their own local school or nursery.

The secondary school, [[Stranraer Academy]], is a [[comprehensive school]] consisting of one modern building (New Building Phase 2 completed in 2010). The school has around 1,200 pupils, 90 members of staff and serves the area of Stranraer, the Rhins, and parts of the Machars, Wigtownshire. Stranraer Academy has another seven associated primary schools from areas outwith Stranraer: [[Glenluce]], Castle Kennedy, Drummore, [[Kirkcolm]], [[Leswalt]], Sandhead and [[Portpatrick]]. The original [[Stranraer Academy]] was opened in 1845 on the site of the present Stranraer Campus of Dumfries and Galloway College. In 1965, a new Academy  was built alongside a new High School  and in 1970 the schools amalgamated.

[[Dumfries and Galloway College]] has a campus in the town. In 1990, the John Niven Further Education College was built on Academy Street in the town; it has since been absorbed into the Dumfries and Galloway College.