Kirn Primary School is located in Kirn which is a small village on the outskirts of Dunoon, Scotland. Kirn Primary School has approximately 200 pupils. It is a feeder primary for Dunoon Grammar School. It is part of Argyll and Bute Council. The new buildings are due for completion in Autumn 2017.
History
Kirn primary was built in 1881. Kirn Primary School was an evacuation centre in World War II. On 29 September 1939, 66 evacuee children were enrolled in Kirn Primary School. Such was the demand for a safe haven that the numbers rose so high that the teachers and pupils had to work shifts because the building was unable to house the sheer number of pupils. From 1961 to 1992 there was a large US Navy base at the Holy Loch which meant that there were a lot of American pupils in the school. At its peak the school had over 500 pupils on its roll and had additional buildings.
Early years department
The Early years department' has four classes: Pre 5 morning class and an afternoon class, P1a and P1b. The Pre 5 unit was renovated in 2008 and has its own kitchen and garden.
The Infants department is made up of P2, P3 and P4 and is based in the far wing of the school.
Upper department: Primary 5, 6 and 7 do not stay in one class but move around different classes. Each subject has its own classroom. Each class has a pastoral teacher who is their main point of contact.
Buildings
Kirn primary school was commissioned in 1881 and opened in 1882. In 1955 more classrooms were added. There are currently ten classrooms, six pupil toilets and two disabled toilets. It also has a library, a bike shed, a store room, an office, a lunch hall and a gym hall. The office door used to be the boys entrance and the girls entrance used to be at the front of the school. The grounds have a garden which is used for plants and has seating areas.
Future
There were plans to merge Kirn and two other local schools together. The schools are Kirn Primary, Dunoon Primary and St Muns RC Primary. However the plans were shelved in 2013 after consultation. Argyll and Bute Council received funding in March 2015 to build a new school to replace the 1950s building, construction was due to begin in January 2016 with the pupils being decanted to nearby Dunoon Grammar School. The old school was demolished in 2016. The school is currently being rebuilt to modern standards.
Dunoon Grammar School
is situated on Ardenslate Road, next to CowalGolf Club in Kirn.
Cowal Golf Club
Cowal Golf Club is situated on Ardenslate Road in Kirn, next to Dunoon Grammar School.
