Glasgow schools - Bearsden area

[Leeeza]

Looking at buying a house in Bearsden, Glasgow which is a 5 min walk from Westerton Train Station. My son will be starting school in a couple of years and I'm wondering if the schools would be ok for him. I 'd hoped he would be able to go to Bearsden Primary/Academy but the street isnt on their catchment list. Anyone know if they ever take anyone on from somewhere other than their catchment list or would they be already full up by just covering cathcment area?
Also, my local primary schools would be Colquhoun Primary or Westerton Primary? Anyone know anything about them?
Also, what about Jordanhill school?

Thanks

Don't know the schools now (I went to bearsden Primary/Secondary but as that was over 30 years ago, no longer relevant! ), but knowing the demorgaphics of the catchment areas, I wouldn't have thought you would have any problems with either Westerton or Colquhoun Primary. Why not have alook at the HMI reports to see if that gives you a feel?

If you are still interested in Bearsden Primary, why not ring them and ask if they are able to accpet the majority of placing requests.

It'll be almost impossible to get into Jordanhill School - it's catchemnt area is hiughly sought after and there are masses of placing requests, partly becasue of where it is located.

Bearsden Academy has a reasonable reputation (not as good as when I was there , but it did have porblems with a poor headmaster for a few years and got a stinker of an HMI report). I beleive it is about to move locations into a super duper new campus at Notre Dame.

When I was there (in the 70s) it got fantastic results (there was a group of about 10 of us who all got 6 "A"'s for Highers) but I ouwld argue that it wasn't that good a school acorss the whole ability spetrum, ie it just concentrated on the bright kids. Obviously, that may be different now.