Uddingston Grammar School
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| Uddingston Grammar School | |
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Old Glasgow Road Uddingston , , G71 7BT Scotland | |
| Coordinates | 55°49′23″N 4°05′12″W / 55.82303°N 4.08657°W |
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| Type | Main Stream State School |
| Motto | "Virtute Crescam" (May I Grow in Moral Excellence) |
| Opened | August 1884 |
| Authority | South Lanarkshire Council |
| Headteacher | Mr John McKay |
| Staff | 90 FTE |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age range | 11–18 |
| School roll | 1175 (as at September 2014) |
| Houses | Arran, Bute, Lewis, Mull, Orkney and Skye |
| Website | www |
Uddingston Grammar School is a mainstream state school, The school is located in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is one of 17 secondary schools operated by South Lanarkshire Council. Its motto is 'Virtute Crescam' which means 'May I grow in moral excellence'.
The school was opened in August 1884,[1] with its buildings located next to Uddingston railway station. In 2009, Uddingston Grammar moved to a new campus nearby (on the site of its former playing fields) as part of South Lanarkshire Council's school modernisation programme; the oldest of the existing buildings was converted into apartments as part of a residential development.[2]
The school's catchment area includes the communities of Uddingston, Bothwell, Birkenshaw, Tannochside, Viewpark and recently parts of Newton in Cambuslang.[3][4]
The school's roll is approximately 1175 pupils as of September 2013, with approximately 90 teaching staff (FTE).
House groups
The school is divided into six house groups: Arran, Bute, Lewis, Mull, Orkney, and Skye, named after islands in Scotland.
Previously there were four house groups: named Clyde, Douglas, Dechmont, and Calder after Scottish rivers.
Notable former pupils
- Stuart Carswell, football player
- Colin Cameron, politician
- Gary MacKenzie, football player
- Aileen McGlynn, Paralympic athlete
- Craig Moore, football player
- Iain Munro, former football player and manager
References
- ^ Thomson, George. The County of Lanark. Glasgow: Collins. p. 285. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ^ Uddingston Grammar School (Former), Station Road, Uddingston, Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland, 17 December 2013
- ^ "Parents react angrily to new school plans". STV Group (Scotland). 25 November 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "Cambuslang East's £240,000 to be spent at Uddingston Grammar". Daily Record. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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