[3] There has been a total of four Head Teachers of Greenwood Academy since it was established in 1972 – Willian "Bill" Cochrane (1972–1987),[4] Phillip Galbraith (1987–2004),[5] Christine McGuire (2004–2019) and incumbent, Katy Hegarty (2019–present).

[6] The school provides tuition in the subjects required by the Curriculum for Excellence, including English, mathematics, sciences, health and well-being, ICT, modern languages, religious and moral education, performance and design.

[7] Greenwood Academy's "positive destinations" post-school is frequently ranked as the highest in the North Ayrshire area and also consistently above the Scottish national average.

The pilot project, which ran between 1996–1997, was dubbed successful, and became "a centre of excellence" in which BBC News said "other schools interested in the system can learn from".

As part of the project, attendance rolls were logged electronically with a second computer system being implemented which tracked pupils who had received punishment exercises or who had arrived at classes late.