Calderside Academy

Calderside Academy is a Scottish secondary school in Blantyre. It was created by merging two local secondary schools (Blantyre High School and Earnock High School) on the land where Blantyre High School was. The school opened in January 2008 and was ceremonially opened by Fiona Hyslop MSP in November 2008.^[1]

Calderside Academy
Address
Calder Street Blantyre Glasgow , South Lanarkshire , G72 0AX Scotland
Information
School type	State-funded Comprehensive
Motto	"Take Pride in Calderside"
Denomination	Nondenominational
Established	January 2008
Headteacher	Julie Calder
Age	11 to 18
Number of students	1400
Language	English
Campus	Main Building (6 wings and 'street' area)
Campus type	Urban
Houses	Lewis, Skye, Mull, Arran
Colour(s)
Accreditation	Scottish Qualifications Authority
Newspaper	Calderside Newsletter
Feeder schools	Townhill Primary, David Livingstone Memorial Primary, Auchinraith Primary, High Blantyre Primary, Neilsland Primary, Udston Primary, Woodhead Primary, Glenlee Primary, Craighead School, Hamilton School for the Deaf
Website	http://www.calderside.s-lanark.sch.uk

The Academy has approximately 1400 pupils and around 100 teachers, making it one of the largest schools in Scotland.

Notable pupils

• Jordan Allan (born 1998), footballer ^[2]