Calderside Academy, Blanytre
Calderside Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Blanytre.
- Attendance
- 86.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Calderside Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Calderside Academy 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 1214 pupils and 10.7 pupils per teacher.
27% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
36% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 13% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.3% in 2024/25, and 41% 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 86% full.
96% 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Calderside Academy are St John Ogilvie High School (1.1 miles), Holy Cross High School (1.6 miles), Uddingston Grammar School (2.1 miles) and Hamilton Grammar School (2.3 miles).
St John Ogilvie High SchoolHoly Cross High SchoolUddingston Grammar SchoolHamilton Grammar School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Blantyre Rail Station, about 640 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Priory Street (at), 130 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Calderside Academy are Auchinraith Primary School (0.1 miles), St Joseph's Primary School (0.3 miles), St Blane's Primary School (0.4 miles) and David Livingstone Memorial Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; South Lanarkshire publishes both.
Auchinraith Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Primary SchoolSt Blane's Primary SchoolDavid Livingstone Memorial Primary School
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 Calderside Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 6 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
0 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 Calderside Academy
What is the catchment area for Calderside Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Calderside Academy 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 Calderside Academy?
If you live in Calderside Academy'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 Calderside Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 6 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 0 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 Calderside Academy?
Calderside Academy is at Calder Street, Blanytre, Blanytre, G72 0AX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)