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Boclair Academy

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,032 pupilsBearsdenEast Dunbartonshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals5%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support30%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher11.8Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas10%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,032Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Boclair Academy is a council school in Bearsden for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,032 pupils. About 5 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Inveroran Drive, Bearsden, Bearsden, G61 2PL0141 955 2358boclair.e-dunbarton.sch.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Boclair Academy.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through East Dunbartonshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll1,032Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals5%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support30%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas10%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas55%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 9 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
178S1
174S2
177S3
180S4
175S5
148S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,0391,03920222023: 1,0281,02820232024: 1,0341,03420242025: 1,0401,04020252026: 1,0321,0322026
Since 2022: -7
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,0321,0401,0341,0281,039
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals5.2%6.9%8.0%6.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)29.6%22.8%24.9%27.0%24.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.1%5.6%5.8%5.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio11.812.212.212.211.512.113.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers87.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher11.8Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
John Paul AcademyCouncil0.8 miles950HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bearsden AcademyCouncil1.8 miles1,219HMIE, no open dataCompare
Cleveden Secondary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles867HMIE, no open dataCompare
Knightswood Secondary SchoolCouncil2.1 miles1,210HMIE, no open dataCompare
Jordanhill SchoolGrant-aided2.3 miles1,051HMIE, no open dataCompare
Drumchapel High SchoolCouncil2.4 miles793HMIE, no open dataCompare
Notre Dame High SchoolCouncil2.6 miles799HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Thomas Aquinas Secondary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles1,137HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Boclair Academy a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Boclair Academy yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Boclair Academy have?

1,032 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Inveroran Drive, Bearsden, Bearsden, G61 2PL
Telephone
0141 955 2358
Website
www.boclair.e-dunbarton.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
East Dunbartonshire
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
8325936
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from