School Chooser

Douglas Academy

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,044 pupilsMilngavieEast 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 meals7%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support36%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher11.8Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas4%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,044Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Douglas Academy is a council school in Milngavie for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,044 pupils. About 7 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Craigton Road, Milngavie, Milngavie, G62 7HS0141 955 2365douglas.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 Douglas 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 roll1,044Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals7%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support36%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English8%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas4%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas52%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.
173S1
178S2
178S3
181S4
175S5
159S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,0371,03720222023: 1,0351,03520232024: 1,0581,05820242025: 1,0361,03620252026: 1,0441,0442026
Since 2022: +7
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,0441,0361,0581,0351,037
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals6.7%7.0%6.4%4.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)35.8%29.0%25.4%18.7%19.2%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language8.4%4.7%4.2%3.2%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio11.811.912.212.412.211.813.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers88.2full-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
Bearsden AcademyCouncil1.4 miles1,219HMIE, no open dataCompare
Drumchapel High SchoolCouncil2.5 miles793HMIE, no open dataCompare
Boclair AcademyCouncil2.8 miles1,032HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Peter the Apostle High SchoolCouncil3.1 miles1,450HMIE, no open dataCompare
Clydebank High SchoolCouncil3.6 miles1,166HMIE, no open dataCompare
John Paul AcademyCouncil3.6 miles950HMIE, no open dataCompare
Knightswood Secondary SchoolCouncil4.0 miles1,210HMIE, no open dataCompare
Jordanhill SchoolGrant-aided4.4 miles1,051HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Douglas Academy a good school?

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

How many pupils does Douglas Academy have?

1,044 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
Craigton Road, Milngavie, Milngavie, G62 7HS
Telephone
0141 955 2365
Website
www.douglas.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
8325731
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from