Cathkin High School | |
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Langlea Road Cambuslang , , G72 8ES Scotland | |
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Type | Secondary School Comprehensive School |
Established | 1970 |
Closed | Moved to a new building nearby in October 2008 |
Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head Teacher | Joanne Sturgeon |
Staff | 81.4 FTE |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1081 (2018) |
Houses | Burns, Carnegie, Kelvin, Livingstone, Stevenson and Telford |
Colour(s) |
Red, yellow, black |
School years | S1-S6 |
Feeder Schools | Cathkin Primary School Cairns Primary School Hallside Primary School Loch Primary School West Coats Primary School |
Website | http://www.cathkin.s-lanark.sch.uk/ |
Cathkin High School is a state secondary school in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire (Greater Glasgow), Scotland.
The original school was built at a cost of £1.25 million and opened in November 1970 (official duties being performed by politician Peggy Herbison), around the same time as the neighbouring housing scheme at Whitlawburn was completed.[1] It replaced Gateside School in central Cambuslang (the campus of which was thereafter occupied by Trinity High School[2] then by South Lanarkshire College, before being demolished in 2008).[3]
In 2008, the school relocated to a new campus[4] (also accommodating a nursery and a special school, Rutherglen High School)[5][6][7] on a site previously used designated as the school's playing fields situated immediately north of its original buildings, which were subsequently demolished and redeveloped for housing (the Cathkin Rise estate by Barratt).[8][9][10]
As of September 2015[update] the school had 1004 pupils on the school roll and 88 full-time equivalent staff.[11]
In May 2018, the school won the Scottish Senior Boys Shield in football for the first time, after beating St Ninian's High School, Giffnock on penalties in the final.[12]
Cathkin uses a house system. The school is split into five houses and they are:
Cairns Primary (Halfway), Cathkin Primary (Cathkin/Fernhill), Hallside Primary (Drumsagard Village), Loch Primary (Whitlawburn / Springhall), West Coats Primary (Cambuslang / Kirkhill).[13]
Notable former pupils include: