Uddingston Grammar School

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Uddingston Grammar School
Address
Map
Old Glasgow Road Uddingston

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G71 7BT

Scotland
Coordinates55°49′23″N 4°05′12″W / 55.82303°N 4.08657°W / 55.82303; -4.08657
Information
TypeMain Stream State School
Motto"Virtute Crescam" (May I Grow in Moral Excellence)
OpenedAugust 1884 (1884-08)
AuthoritySouth Lanarkshire Council
HeadteacherJohn McKay
Staff90 FTE
GenderCoeducational
Age range11–18
School roll1175 (as at September 2014)
HousesArran, Bute, Harris, Lewis, Mull, Orkney and Skye
Colour(s)     
Yellow, black, white
Websitewww.uddingston.s-lanark.sch.uk

Uddingston Grammar School is a mainstream state school 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][5]

The school's roll is approximately 1175 pupils as of September 2013, with approximately 90 teaching staff (FTE).

House groups

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The school's new buildings under construction, July 2008

The school is divided into seven house groups: Arran, Bute, Lewis, Mull, Orkney, Harris and Skye, named after islands in Scotland.

Previously there were five house groups: named Clyde, Douglas, Kelvin, Dechmont and Calder after Scottish rivers.

Notable former pupils

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References

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  1. ^ Thomson, George (1960). The County of Lanark. Glasgow: Collins. p. 285. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  2. ^ Uddingston Grammar School (Former), Station Road, Uddingston, Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland, 17 December 2013
  3. ^ "Parents react angrily to new school plans". STV Group (Scotland). 25 November 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Cambuslang East's £240,000 to be spent at Uddingston Grammar". Daily Record. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Calls continue for new school in Cambuslang as stats show growing number of pupils going to Uddingston". Daily Record. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.