Claremont High School was a

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, state-funded

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based in the

St Leonards St Leonards may refer to: Places Australia *St Leonards, New South Wales **St Leonards railway station *St Leonards, Tasmania, suburb of Launceston *St Leonards, Victoria Canada *St. Leonard's, Newfoundland and Labrador New Zealand * St L ...

area of

East Kilbride East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...

. It closed in June 2007 and merged with

Hunter High School Hunter High School is a public high school located at 4200 South 5600 West, West Valley City, Utah, United States. It was opened in 1990 with its first graduating class graduating in 1991. During the first school year (1990–1991), the enrollme ...

to form the new

Calderglen High School Calderglen High School (Scottish Gaelic: ''Àrd-sgoil Ghlinn Challdair'') is a state-run secondary school in the St Leonards area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. The complex of buildings is situated on the prec ...

, although Calderglen met in the Claremont building until February 2008 when the new building opened on the same site. It was originally one of six state Secondary schools in East Kilbride until, after a school modernisation program by South Lanarkshire Council, they were merged into three schools.

Studio32 Theatre Company

A teachers' strike in 1985 led to the establishment of Studio32 by Liane McKenna and Vikki England née Carrick, an amateur theatre company that has since grown to be the leading community theatre company in the area. The name refers to the drama classroom in the school (A32) where rehearsals were first held. Studio32 celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2015 with a production of

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Notable alumni

* Lee Alexander, Scotland Women's International Footballer * John Hannah, Film and television actor *

Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly, (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter. She has presented various television shows for ITV, including '' Good Morning Britain'' (1988–1992), ''GMTV'' (1993–2010), ''This Morning'' (2003� ...

, Television presenter *

Andy Kerr Andrew Kerr (1878–1969) was an American football coach. Andrew or Andy Kerr may also refer to: * Andrew Kerr (Australian politician) (1837–1907), New South Wales politician *Andrew Kerr (broadcaster), Scottish television presenter and journalis ...

, Scottish Politician * Fraser Kerr, Footballer currently with

Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in ...

Jordan McGhee Jordan McGhee (born 24 July 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Dundee as either a defender or midfielder. He began his career at Heart of Midlothian and had a spell on loan at Middlesbrough. He then spent two years at F ...

, Scotland U21 International Footballer, currently with

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

* Iain Stewart, Geologist *

Alasdair Strokosch Alasdair Strokosch (born 21 February 1983, Paisley, Scotland) is a retired Scottish rugby union footballer who last played in the Pro D2 for USA Perpignan. He previously played for Gloucester in the Aviva Premiership and Edinburgh in the Pro ...

, Scotland International Rugby player *

Robbie Winters Robert Winters (born 4 November 1974) is a former Scottish association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He made one appearance for the Scotland national football team, Scotland national team in 1999. ...

, Scotland International Footballer *

Frazer Wright Frazer Wright (born 23 December 1979) is a Scottish former professional footballer and current assistant manager of club Stenhousemuir. Wright, who started his career with Stranraer played for Kilmarnock, St Johnstone, Dumbarton and Stirlin ...

, Footballer currently with

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References

External links

Hmie Report
Educational institutions disestablished in 2008 Educational institutions established in 1970 Defunct secondary schools in South Lanarkshire Buildings and structures in East Kilbride 2007 disestablishments in Scotland 1970 establishments in Scotland Buildings and structures completed in 1970 Buildings and structures demolished in 2008 {{Scotland-school-stub