Education
Stranraer has five primary schools; Belmont, Park, Rephad, St. Joseph’s R.C. and Sheuchan.
Stranraer Academy has another seven associated primary schools from areas outwith Stranraer; Castle Kennedy, Drochduil, Drummore, Kirkcolm, Leswalt, Sandhead and Portpatrick
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 1200 pupils, 90 members of staff and serves the area of Stranraer, the Rhins, and parts of the Machars, Wigtownshire.
The original Stranraer Academy was opened in 1845 on the site of the present Stranraer Campus of Dumfries & Galloway College. In 1965 a new Academy (B Block) was built alongside a new High School (A Block) and in 1970 the schools amalgamated.
Stranraer has no private education institutions.
Dumfries and Galloway College has a campus in the town, at what used to be the site of Stranraer Academy. 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.
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