Calderhead High School, Shotts

Calderhead 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.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 575 pupils and 12.2 pupils per teacher.

25% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.

33% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 82.2% in 2024/25, and 54.3% 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 76% full.

87% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest railway station is Shotts Rail Station, about 300 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dyfigg Street (after), 100 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Calderhead High School are St Patrick's Primary School (Shotts) (0.2 miles), Dykehead Primary School (0.3 miles), Stane Primary School (0.7 miles) and Allanton Primary School (1.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Lanarkshire publishes both.