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Largs Academy serves the town of Largs and the surrounding
areas, the villages of Fairlie, Skelmorlie and the island of Cumbrae.
There are five associated primary
schools. There is a small but regular net inflow of pupils as
a result of placing requests producing a school roll stable at over
1000.
The teaching areas are housed in three buildings. The East and West buildings are joined
by a link corridor, cloakroom areas, library/resources
areas and IT suite. In the West building are situated an assembly
hall, a small examination hall, medical rooms, Guidance
suite the Art and Design, English,
Geography, History,
Design Technology, Computing, Physics,
Home Economics and Pupil
Support departments. The main offices, Modern
Languages, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physical
Education, Biology, Religious
Studies, Music and Support
for Learning departments are in the East building. A new purpose built IT facility is the home of the Business Education and Computing Departments. The Physical
Education Department uses both indoor facilities and the adjacent
playing fields.
'What I Think Matters' : Additional Support for Learning
Children in Scotland (a national children's charity) has been asked by North Ayrshire Council to undertake an independent consultation with children and young people who receive or want extra help at school, as well as with their mothers/fathers/carers.
If you would like to get involved in the project and tell us about your experiences of arranging the right help for your child, or you would like your child to have a chance to share their views then contact Catriona on 0131 222 2445 or email cthomson@childreninscotland.org.uk or log onto the project's website at http://www.whatithinkmatters.org.uk
For more general information about the town of Largs
and the surrounding area visit Largs Online here. |
