Uddingston Grammar School is a mainstream state school, The school is located in

Uddingston Uddingston ( sco, Uddinstoun, gd, Baile Udain) is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the north side of the River Clyde, south-east of Glasgow city centre, and acts as a dormitory suburb for the city. Geography and boundaries ...

, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is one of 17 secondary schools operated by

South Lanarkshire Council South Lanarkshire Council ( gd, Comhairle Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas) is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and a budget of almost £1b ...

. Its motto is 'Virtute Crescam' which means 'May I grow in moral excellence'. The school was opened in August 1884, with its buildings located next to

Uddingston railway station Uddingston railway station serves the town of Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ScotRail provides passenger services to this station on the Argyle Line and Shotts Line. History Overview The first Uddingston station, on the east side ...

. In 2009, Uddingston Grammar moved to a new campus nearby (on the site of its former playing fields) as part of

's school modernisation programme; the oldest of the existing buildings was converted into apartments as part of a residential development. The school's catchment area includes the communities of

, Bothwell, Birkenshaw,

Tannochside Tannochside is a settlement approximately south-east of Glasgow, Scotland. Although historically considered part of Uddingston, it lies within a separate local authority area: Tannochside is contained within the boundaries of North Lanarkshire c ...

Viewpark Viewpark is an area in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Situated immediately north-east of Uddingston (but on the other side of the M74 motorway), Viewpark is west of Bellshill. It has an estimated population of 13,916 in 2016, a figure which also ...

and recently parts of Newton in Cambuslang. The school's roll is approximately 1175 pupils as of September 2013, with approximately 90 teaching staff (FTE).

House groups

The school is divided into seven house groups: Arran, Bute,

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, Orkney,

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and Skye, named after islands in Scotland. Previously there were four house groups: named

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, and Calder after Scottish rivers.

Notable former pupils

* Stuart Carswell, football player * Colin Cameron, politician * John Kirk, cricketer * Robert MacFarlane, cricketer and cricket administrator * Gary MacKenzie, football player *

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athlete * Alexander McNab, cricketer *

Craig Moore Craig Andrew Moore (born 12 December 1975) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. His 2006 FIFA World Cup profile describes him as being "tough-tackling and uncompromising but also calm and composed under ...

, football player *

Iain Munro Alexander Iain Fordyce Munro (born 24 August 1951) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. Playing career Munro was born in Uddingston and began his career at St Mirren making 103 league appearances for the Buddies in ...

, former football player and manager * Dr Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland * Thomas Watson, cricketer

References

1884 establishments in Scotland Bothwell and Uddingston Educational institutions established in 1884 Secondary schools in South Lanarkshire School buildings completed in 2009 {{Scotland-school-stub