Douglas Academy
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| Motto | Neart Tre Eolas - Scottish Gaelic (Strength Through Knowledge) |
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| Established | 1967 |
| Type | State secondary school |
| Headteacher | Barry Smedley (B.Ed) |
| Chair of the School Board | Ramsay Shields |
| Location |
Mains Estate Milngavie East Dunbartonshire G62 7HL Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Staff | c. 100 |
| Students | 993 (Session 2015-2016) |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | Official site |
Douglas Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive secondary school serving the Milngavie, Craigton and Baldernock areas. In 2007 Douglas Academy was Scotland's top performing state school with 31% of students gaining five or more highers, and with every year the school continues to rank among the highest in the country.
The school is named after the Douglases of Mains, who were a branch family of the Clan Douglas. The Douglases are an ancient clan, and subsequent noble house from the Scottish Lowlands who held vast territories throughout the Scottish Borders; Angus, Lothian, Moray, and in France and Sweden. The Douglases of Mains were related to the main branch through their common ancestor Archibald I, Lord of Douglas, a Scottish medieval nobleman born in the 12th century.
The lands of the Mains, where the school is situated, were originally granted by the Earl of Lennox to Maurice Galbraith in the 13th century. The Galbraith Family held these lands until 1373, when a descendant of Lord Douglas's second son, Nicholas Douglas, married Janet Galbraith, the heiress of the Mains. Thus, the Douglas family inherited the extensive lands of the Mains, and were elevated to Lairds of the estate in the same year by King Robert II of Scotland.
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