Claremont High School, East Kilbride

Claremont High School
Motto Endeavour
Established 1970
Closed June 2007 / February 2008
Type Secondary School
Location High Common Road
East Kilbride
South Lanarkshire
G74 2DA
Scotland
Local authority South Lanarkshire Council
Students 1,100
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Houses Bute, Crawford, Everest, Fraser. (Until 1993, Arran and Douglas were also school houses).

Claremont High School was a non-denominational, state-funded secondary school based in the St Leonards area of East Kilbride. It closed in June 2007 and merged with Hunter High School to form the new Calderglen High School, although Calderglen met in the Claremont building until February 2008 when the new building opened on the same site. It was originally one of 6 state Secondary schools in East Kilbride until they were merged into 3 schools.

Studio 32

A teachers' strike in 1985 led to the establishment of Studio 32, an amateur theatre company that has since grown to be the leading community theatre company in the area. The name refers to the drama classroom in the school (A32) where rehearsals were first held.[1] Studio 32 celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2015 with a production of Oliver!.[2]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "ABOUT STUDIO32". www.studio32theatre.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Andrea, O'Neill. "East Kilbride theatre group celebrate 30 year milestone with stage performance of Oliver Twist". www.dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bill McFadyen: a teaching 'legend'". DailyRecord.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

Coordinates: 55°45′28″N 4°09′02″W / 55.75778°N 4.15056°W / 55.75778; -4.15056


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