Rutherglen High School
secondary school in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Rutherglen High School is a non-denominational, co-educational secondary school in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, for pupils with additional support needs.
The school was established in August 1999 and has shared a campus with Cathkin High School in the neighbourhood of Whitlawburn since the opening of new buildings in October 2008; prior to this, it occupied the vacated annexe of Stonelaw High School (originally Gallowflat School) in central Rutherglen, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) further north, with the relocation met with opposition by some parents and board members due to the anticipated disruption to the pupils' routines. A nursing home now occupies the Rutherglen site.
“Rutherglen High School” enters the record as secondary school in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rutherglen, High and School can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q107171730. Authority coordinates are 55.812, -4.182. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999 and 2008.
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