Calderside Academy is a Scottish secondary school in

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. It was created by merging two local secondary schools (Blantyre High School and

Earnock High School Earnock High School in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire served students in and around the Earnock area from 1957 to 2007. The school was closed in June 2007 and merged with Blantyre High to form Calderside Academy. A housing development, ''Earnock G ...

) on the land where Blantyre High School was. The school opened in January 2008 and was ceremonially opened by

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MSP in November 2008. The Academy has approximately 1400 pupils and around 100 teachers, making it one of the largest schools in Scotland.

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School websiteBlantyre High School
(tagged articles) at ''The Blantyre Project'' Secondary schools in South Lanarkshire Educational institutions established in 2008 Blantyre, South Lanarkshire Hamilton, South Lanarkshire 2008 establishments in Scotland School buildings completed in 2008 {{Scotland-school-stub