A new group of pupils have come on board to work with Friends of the Broadway in Prestwick. 

The Academy Board of Directors are taken from Prestwick Academy, and is a partnership between the community cinema project and the school.

For each new school year, the captains and vice-captains of the school's sixth year will form an 'Academy Board'. 

The pupil committee will collaborate with the charity extensively on all aspects of the project, playing a crucial role in the Broadway's re-development.

A spokesperson said: "We'd first like to thank one last time the outgoing Academy Board of Lewis Duncan, Rosie Wallbanks, Belle Wilson, Bex Beattie, Lewis Henderson, and Ivy McDonald.

"Our inaugural board laid the foundations for the future and represented the Broadway impeccably with national press, engaged with our community beautifully at official events, and made history with the first lessons of the Broadway 35mm projection training school.

"We'd now like to welcome the core of our new board for 2024/25, captains Natasha Morrison and Fraser McIntyre, and vice-captains Ross Bain and Dylan Donald. 

"We'd like to congratulate Ross on being appointed chair of the Academy Board, and look forward to the team expanding in the coming weeks.

"We have incredibly exciting plans to expand our collaboration across the next school year, with plans for major events collaboration, design workshops with our architects, and engagement with school departments including with our own published author and writer-in-residence Martin Stewart.

"Our partnership with our local schools will continue to expand and evolve and we can't wait to get started!"