Uddingston Grammar School

Uddingston Grammar School
Address
Old Glasgow Road Uddingston Uddingston , South Lanarkshire , G71 7BT Scotland
Coordinates	55°49′23″N4°05′12″W / 55.82303°N 4.08657°W / 55.82303; -4.08657
Information
Type	Main Stream State School
Motto	"Virtute Crescam" (May I Grow in Moral Excellence)
Opened	August 1884 (1884-08)
Authority	South Lanarkshire Council
Headteacher	John McKay
Staff	90 FTE
Gender	Coeducational
Age range	11–18
School roll	1175 (as at September 2014)
Houses	Arran, Bute, Harris, Lewis, Mull, Orkney and Skye
Colour(s)	Yellow, black, white
Website	www.uddingston.s-lanark.sch.uk

Uddingston Grammar School is a mainstream state school in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is one of 17 secondary schools operated by South Lanarkshire Council. Its motto is 'Virtute Crescam' which means 'May I grow in moral excellence'.

The school was opened in August 1884, ^[1] with its buildings located next to Uddingston railway station. In 2009, Uddingston Grammar moved to a new campus nearby (on the site of its former playing fields) as part of South Lanarkshire Council's school modernisation programme; the oldest of the existing buildings was converted into apartments as part of a residential development. ^[2]

The school's catchment area includes the communities of Uddingston, Bothwell, Birkenshaw, Tannochside, Viewpark and recently parts of Newton in Cambuslang. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

The school's roll is approximately 1175 pupils as of September 2013, with approximately 90 teaching staff (FTE).

House groups

The school's new buildings under construction, July 2008

The school is divided into seven house groups: Arran, Bute, Lewis, Mull, Orkney, Harris and Skye, named after islands in Scotland.

Previously there were five house groups: named Clyde, Douglas, Kelvin, Dechmont and Calder after Scottish rivers.

Notable former pupils

• Stuart Carswell, football player
• Colin Cameron, politician
• John Kirk, cricketer
• Robert MacFarlane, cricketer and cricket administrator
• Gary MacKenzie, football player
• Aileen McGlynn, Paralympic athlete
• Alexander McNab, cricketer
• Craig Moore, football player
• Iain Munro, former football player and manager
• Dr Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
• Thomas Watson, cricketer

References

1. Thomson, George (1960). The County of Lanark. Glasgow: Collins. p. 285. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
2. Uddingston Grammar School (Former), Station Road, Uddingston, Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland, 17 December 2013
3. "Parents react angrily to new school plans". STV Group (Scotland). 25 November 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
4. "Cambuslang East's £240,000 to be spent at Uddingston Grammar". Daily Record. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
5. "Calls continue for new school in Cambuslang as stats show growing number of pupils going to Uddingston". Daily Record. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.