Boclair Academy is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in the Greater Glasgow suburb of Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The school serves pupils aged 11 – 18 from Southern Bearsden 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 schools' exam achievement has improved in recent years, in 2011 27% of S5 gained at least 5 higher passes (A-C), which placed it 21st in Scotland for a state school. In 2012, the exam results saw 15 pupils gain 5 A's at higher level.
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