NONE of the nine secondary schools in North Ayrshire made it in to the top 50 of the schools ranking list for 2019.

In figures published last week by the Times, 339 schools across the country were judged on the percentage of pupils to achieve five or more awards at SCQF, the equivalent of highers.

Largs Academy was the top performing school in the area, as they came 60th with 46 per cent.
None of the other eight academies featured in the top 100 and Ardrossan Academy was near to the bottom of the pile.

But North Ayrshire Council say they judge their schools on a number of factors, not just the results of exams and they believe the system of league tables is outdated.

A council spokesperson said: “We believe that the simplistic method of ranking schools in a league table format is outdated and does not properly reflect or analyse the outstanding work which is being delivered throughout our schools in North Ayrshire.

“Schools across the authority continue to make very good progress in raising attainment and achievement across the board.”

The full list of North Ayrshire school places:


60 - Largs Academy
111 - Arran High School
171 - Kilwinning Academy
193 - Garnock Community Campus
194 - St Matthew’s Academy
208 - Greenwood Academy
228 - Auchenharvie Academy
267 - Irvine Royal Academy
318 - Ardrossan Academy

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