Cathkin High School is a state secondary school in

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History

The original school was built at a cost of £1.25million and opened in November 1970 (official duties being performed by politician

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), around the same time as the neighbouring

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was completed. It replaced Gateside School in central Cambuslang (the campus of which was thereafter occupied by

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School History
Trinity High School (archive version, 2009) then by

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, before being demolished in 2008). In 2008, the school relocated to a new campus (also accommodating a nursery and a

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) 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). Cathkin High School, Cambuslang (geograph 3721124)

Cathkin High School, Cambuslang (geograph 3721124)

the school had 1004 pupils on the school roll and 88 Full-time equivalent staff. In May 2018, the school won the ''Scottish Senior Boys Shield'' in football for the first time, after beating

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on penalties in the final. Recently the school made loca
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due to the new managements decisions to not hold proper 'prelims'. Cathkin High pupils argued that the assessments that were being held did not accurately depict the exams that they would be sitting at the end of the year. Due to Covis-19 teens all around the world haven't been allowed to sit proper exams, the pupils felt like they would be at a huge disadvantage compared to other schools which were holding December assessments in an 'exam style'.

Houses

Cathkin uses a house system. The school is split into five houses and they are: *Burns *Carnegie *Kelvin *Livingston *Telford

Feeder Schools

Cairns Primary ( Halfway), Cathkin Primary ( Cathkin/ Fernhill), Hallside Primary (

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), Loch Primary (Whitlawburn / Springhall), West Coats Primary (Cambuslang /

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Notable former pupils and teachers

Notable former pupils include: *

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