Calderglen High School, EAST KILBRIDE
Calderglen High School is a secondary school for pupils in East Kilbride.
- Attendance
- 88.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Calderglen High School in detail
School in Scotland
Calderglen High School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Calderglen High School offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 1223 pupils and 13 pupils per teacher.
23% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.6% in 2024/25, and 41.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 74% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Calderglen High School are St Andrew's and St Bride's High School (0.7 miles), Duncanrig Secondary School (2.1 miles), St John Ogilvie High School (3.2 miles) and Calderside Academy (3.2 miles).
St Andrew's and St Bride's High SchoolDuncanrig Secondary SchoolSt John Ogilvie High SchoolCalderside Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is East Kilbride Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Loch Loyal (after), 400 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Calderglen High School are St Hilary's Primary School (0.1 miles), Blacklaw Primary School (0.3 miles), Mount Cameron Primary School (0.3 miles) and Mount Cameron Primary School Gaelic Unit (0.3 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; South Lanarkshire publishes both.
St Hilary's Primary SchoolBlacklaw Primary SchoolMount Cameron Primary SchoolMount Cameron Primary School Gaelic Unit
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Calderglen High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Calderglen High School 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 precipitous bank of the Rotten Calder Water, overlooking a meander named the 'School Bend'.
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At a Glance
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Calderglen High School
What is the catchment area for Calderglen High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Calderglen High School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to South Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Calderglen High School?
If you live in Calderglen High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and South Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to South Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Calderglen High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Calderglen High School?
Calderglen High School is at High Common Road, St Leonard's, EAST KILBRIDE, EAST KILBRIDE, G74 2LP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)