Carluke High School, Carluke
Carluke High School is a secondary school for pupils in Carluke.
- Attendance
- 89.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Carluke High School in detail
School in Scotland
Carluke 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 1102 pupils and 12.7 pupils per teacher.
15% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
13% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 14% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.8% in 2024/25, and 31.8% 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 89% full.
97% 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.
Carluke High School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, tennis, basketball, badminton, dance, chess and film.
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Carluke High School are Coltness High School (4.5 miles), St Aidan's High School (4.7 miles) and Lanark Grammar School (5 miles).
Coltness High SchoolSt Aidan's High SchoolLanark Grammar School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Carluke Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Carnwath Road (before), 300 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Carluke High School are Carluke Primary School (0.4 miles), High Mill Primary School (0.5 miles), St Athanasius' Primary School (0.5 miles) and Crawforddyke Primary School (0.5 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; South Lanarkshire publishes both.
Carluke Primary SchoolHigh Mill Primary SchoolSt Athanasius' Primary SchoolCrawforddyke 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 Carluke High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Carluke High School is a secondary school located in Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The school serves pupils from Carluke and the surrounding villages of Braidwood, Forth, Law, Kilncadzow and Yieldshields.
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At a Glance
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Heathers Teen Edition
22 Jun 2026
Third Annual YPI Final Showcase
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Earth Quake Resistant Building Design Competition
11 May 2026
Carluke High School has been awarded CyberFirst Silver status
7 Apr 2026
Equity - Uniform Giveaway
17 Jun 2025
PE - Clydesdale Cup - Winners 2025
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 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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Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Carluke High School
What is the catchment area for Carluke High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Carluke 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 Carluke High School?
If you live in Carluke 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 Carluke High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 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 Carluke High School?
Carluke High School is at Carnwath Road, Carluke, Carluke, ML8 4EA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)