Uddingston Grammar School

Uddingston Grammar School
Uddingston Grammar School
Address
	Old Glasgow Road Uddingston; Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, G71 7BT; Scotland
Coordinates	55.82303°N 4.08657°W
Information
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
Houses	Arran, Bute, Lewis, Mull, Orkney and Skye
School roll	1175 (as at September 2014)
Website	www.uddingston.s-lanark.sch.uk

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's new buildings under construction, July 2008

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

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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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[1] Thomson, George. 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.