Calderside Academy is a Scottish secondary school in

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. It was created by merging two local secondary schools (Blantyre High School and Earnock High School) on the land where Blantyre High School was. The school opened in January 2008 and was ceremonially opened by

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MSP in November 2008. The Academy has approximately 1400 pupils and around 100 teachers, making it one of the largest schools in Scotland.

Notable pupils

* Jordan Allan (born 1998), footballer

References

External links

School websiteBlantyre High School
(tagged articles) at ''The Blantyre Project'' Secondary schools in South Lanarkshire Educational institutions established in 2008 Blantyre, South Lanarkshire Hamilton, South Lanarkshire 2008 establishments in Scotland School buildings completed in 2008 {{Scotland-school-stub