Douglas Academy A GSG School
- Douglas Academy
Craigton Road
Milngavie
G62 7HL - Head: Mr B Smedley
- T 01419 552365
- F 01419 563231
- E office@douglas.e-dunbarton.sch.uk
- W www.douglas.e-…unbarton.sch.uk
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 12 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: East Dunbartonshire
- Pupils: 1,040; sixth formers: 139
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Many students play in national ensembles and quite a few win awards (an S2 pupil recently came first in the North American Solo Drumming Championships). During our tour, talented young musicians were practising for Glasgow Musical Festival. The healthy eating menu for a state school is pretty impressive. On our visit Mediterranean pizza, tuna and mascarpone pasta and firecracker chicken were on the lunch menu. The first school in East Dunbartonshire to be awarded gold as a Unicef rights respecting school. The kids we spoke to couldn’t be prouder...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since February 2017, Barry Smedley, BEd in PE from Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh. Started off as PE teacher and previously posts include principal teacher at Knightswood Secondary School and deputy head at Bishopbriggs Academy. ‘With a growth mindset’, his goals are to maximise pupils' potential. He says: ‘Attainment is excellent. We were the top performing school in East Dunbartonshire this year [2019] and had the school’s best ever results in its 51-year history.’
The school motto, Gaelic Neart Tre Ealos, means ‘Strength through knowledge’ and the head is ambitious to take this further and build on the school ethos to ‘develops strength of conviction, strength of purpose and strength of self.’ The HMIE inspection report of 2010 recognised the school ethos and welcoming environment as a strength....
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Special Education Needs
Douglas Academy staff as a whole, and Support For Learning Staff in particular, aim to provide an appropriate teaching and learning experience to enable each student to fulfill their potential. Support is offered in terms of suitable pupil tuition, co-operative teaching, resource allocation, consultancy, liaison and staff development. Support is offered for all pupils including needs of both the more-able child as well as pupils with general or specific learning difficulties. Support for Learning provide appropriate staff development on a range of initiatives (featuring social communication, developmental coordination disorders and English as an Additional Language during the 2005/06 session) in order to raise awareness of best practice.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | Y |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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