| Cathkin High School | |
| Established: | 1970 |
| Closed: | Moved to a new building nearby in October 2008 |
| Type: | Secondary School Comprehensive School |
| Head Label: | Head Teacher |
| Head: | Joanne Sturgeon |
| Address: | Langlea Road |
| City: | Cambuslang |
| County: | South Lanarkshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Postcode: | G72 8ES |
| Local Authority: | South Lanarkshire |
| Ofsted: | n/a |
| Staff: | 81.4 FTE |
| Enrolment: | 1081 (2018) |
| Gender: | Mixed |
| Lower Age: | 11 |
| Upper Age: | 18 |
| Houses: | Burns, Carnegie, Kelvin, Livingstone, Stevenson and Telford |
| Colours: | Red, yellow, black |
| Free Label 1: | School years |
| Free 1: | S1-S6 |
| Free Label 2: | Feeder Schools |
| Free 2: | Cathkin Primary School Cairns Primary School Hallside Primary School Loch Primary School West Coats Primary School |
| Website: | http://www.cathkin.s-lanark.sch.uk/ |
Cathkin High School is a state secondary school in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire (Greater Glasgow), Scotland.
The original school was built at a cost of £1.25million and opened in November 1970 (official duties being performed by politician Peggy Herbison), around the same time as the neighbouring housing scheme at Whitlawburn was completed.[1] It replaced Gateside School in central Cambuslang (the campus of which was thereafter occupied by Trinity High School[2] then by South Lanarkshire College, before being demolished in 2008).[3]
In 2008, the school relocated to a new campus[4] (also accommodating a nursery and a special school, Rutherglen High School)[5] [6] [7] on a site previously used designated as the school's playing fields situated immediately north of its original buildings, which were subsequently demolished and redeveloped for housing (the Cathkin Rise estate by Barratt).[8] [9] [10]
the school had 1004 pupils on the school roll and 88 full-time equivalent staff.[11]
In May 2018, the school won the Scottish Senior Boys Shield in football for the first time, after beating St Ninian's High School, Giffnock on penalties in the final.[12]
Cathkin uses a house system. The school is split into five houses and they are:
Cairns Primary (Halfway), Cathkin Primary (Cathkin/Fernhill), Hallside Primary (Drumsagard Village), Loch Primary (Whitlawburn / Springhall), West Coats Primary (Cambuslang / Kirkhill).[13]
Notable former pupils include: