Boclair Academy is a co-educationalcomprehensivesecondary school located in the Greater Glasgow suburb of Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The school serves pupils aged 11–18 from Southern Bearsden, Westerton and Torrance. Boclair Academy is affiliated with four local primary schools within its catchment area, Westerton Primary School, Killermont Primary School, Colquhoun Park Primary School and Torrance Primary School Schools. The school's exam achievement has improved in recent years, in 2011 27% of S5 gained at least 5 Higher passes, which placed it 21st in Scotland for a state school.
History and recent upgrades
Boclair Academy was built in 1976 to meet increased demand in the area; initially the school accommodated overflow with Douglas Academy and Bearsden Academy but later the school had an increased number of placing requests from outside East Dunbartonshire. In 1998, because the school was over capacity, an annexe was erected for the Maths department. In June 2016, Rangers F.C. announced a partnership with East Dunbartonshire Council which saw 24 of the club's youth players aged 11 to 15 attend Boclair Academy to allow them to combine their academic and football studies. The school is located close to the Rangers training ground at Auchenhowie.
Positive relationships between staff and young people
Enthusiastic, well-motivated and friendly young people
High-quality learning and teaching in all departments
Consistently high attainment in national examinations
Effective partnership working to support young people with additional support needs
Effective pastoral support for young people moving from primary school into S1, particularly for those most likely to find the move difficult.
HMIe also agreed the following areas for improvement with the school and education authority:
Continue to improve learning and teaching by better sharing of good practice and through more effective self-evaluation
Continue to improve achievement by building more effectively on young people's learning at primary school and through better links with community partners.
The inspection of the school was accompanied by an inspection of the learning community surrounding Boclair Academy. There was also a follow through report, which evaluated the school's progress, published by East Dunbartonshire Council in February 2011. The following is according to the 'student planner' 2013–2014 issued to all pupils
Departmental facilities and equipment
Physical education
The PE department has a swimming pool. It also has a variety of equipment to cater for sporting activities within two games halls and an outside area consisting of two all-weather pitches for football and hockey, two grass rugby pitches, and spare grass areas used for football. In the PE building upstairs there is a fitness room.
