Rutherglen High School, Cambuslang
Rutherglen High School is a special school for pupils in Cambuslang.
- Attendance
- 81.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Rutherglen High School in detail
School in Scotland
Rutherglen 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 113 pupils and 4.1 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
39% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 81.2% in 2024/25, and 47.4% 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).
Rutherglen High School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include drama and Duke of Edinburgh.
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Rutherglen High School are Kirkriggs Primary School (1.4 miles), Cardinal Winning Secondary School (2 miles), St Oswald's Secondary School (2.3 miles) and Middlefield School (2.3 miles).
Kirkriggs Primary SchoolCardinal Winning Secondary SchoolSt Oswald's Secondary SchoolMiddlefield School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kirkhill Rail Station, about 900 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Whitlawburn Road (near), 350 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Rutherglen High School in November 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Rutherglen High School is a non-denominational, co-educational secondary school in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, for pupils with additional support needs.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Keep up with Rutherglen High School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 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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Questions parents ask about Rutherglen High School
When was Rutherglen High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Rutherglen High School in November 2025.
What is the catchment area for Rutherglen High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Rutherglen 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 Rutherglen High School?
If you live in Rutherglen 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 Rutherglen High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 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 Rutherglen High School?
Rutherglen High School is at Langlea Road, Cambuslang, Cambuslang, G72 8ES.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)