Douglas Academy A GSG School
- Douglas Academy
Craigton Road
Milngavie
G62 7HL - Head: Mr Michael Healy
- 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 teacher
Since 2024, Michael Healy.
Entrance
Most pupils stream from the cluster primaries: Milngavie, Baldernock, Craigdju and Clober. Those not in catchment area travel from as far as Clydebank, Maryhill, Partick and Balfron, including working class children whose parents who want to give them a better start in life. Excellent child-orientated joining handbook.
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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
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
|
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
|
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
|
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
|
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
|
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
|
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
|
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
|
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
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