years: in 2011 27% of S5 gained at least 5 Higher passes (A-C), ranking Boclair 11th in Scotland for a state school.

announced a partnership with East Dunbartonshire Council which saw 24 of the club's youth players aged 11 to 15 attend Boclair Academy to allow them to combine their academic and football studies.

[5] The report, published 17 March 2009, was largely positive and praised the following strengths: HMIe also agreed the following areas for improvement with the school and education authority: The inspection of the school was accompanied by an inspection of the learning community surrounding Boclair Academy.

[8] There was also a follow through report, which evaluated the school's progress, published by East Dunbartonshire Council in February 2011.

[10] The Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies department runs a chess club and a debating society which has produced finalists in the Junior English-Speaking Union Scotland debating competition and more recently semi-finalists in the Law Society of Scotland Donald Dewar Memorial Competition.