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Cathkin High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,029 pupilsCambuslangSouth Lanarkshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals26%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support53%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher11.9Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas39%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,029Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Cathkin High School is a council school in Cambuslang for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,029 pupils. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Langlea Road, Cambuslang, Cambuslang, G72 8ES0141 643 3470cathkin.s-lanark.sch.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Cathkin High School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through South Lanarkshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll1,029Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals26%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support53%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English6%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas39%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas17%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than S4, so the roll is likely to grow. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
207S1
186S2
207S3
169S4
157S5
103S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,0291,02920222023: 1,0061,00620232024: 1,0341,03420242025: 1,0171,01720252026: 1,0291,0292026
Since 2022: +0
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,0291,0171,0341,0061,029
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals26.4%26.4%25.4%25.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)53.0%45.5%37.6%34.2%33.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language6.1%3.4%3.2%2.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio11.911.511.911.012.011.911.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers86.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher11.9Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Trinity High SchoolCouncil0.6 miles1,270HMIE, no open dataCompare
Stonelaw High SchoolCouncil0.8 miles1,322HMIE, no open dataCompare
Castlemilk High SchoolCouncil2.0 miles449HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Margaret Mary's Secondary SchoolCouncil2.3 miles440HMIE, no open dataCompare
King's Park Secondary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles914HMIE, no open dataCompare
Eastbank AcademyCouncil2.8 miles1,089HMIE, no open dataCompare
Holyrood Secondary SchoolCouncil3.1 miles2,298HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mungo's AcademyCouncil3.2 miles1,089HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Cathkin High School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Cathkin High School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Cathkin High School have?

1,029 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Langlea Road, Cambuslang, Cambuslang, G72 8ES
Telephone
0141 643 3470
Website
www.cathkin.s-lanark.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
South Lanarkshire
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
8458332
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from