Earnock High School in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

Hamilton is a town in South Lanarkshire, in the west-central Lowlands of Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It is the fifth-biggest town in Scotland after Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston and Cumbernauld...

 provided education to those in and around the Earnock area for 50 years — from 1957 to 2007. The school was closed in June 2007 and merged with Blantyre High to form Calderside Academy

Calderside Academy

Calderside Academy is a school that is situated in Blantyre, Scotland. In 2008 Calderside Academy was opened by MSP Fiona Hyslop.The school is currently being run by a Mr J Dodds, after the sad departure of the ex Acting Headteacher Freda Hutchison, as she had retired at such an old age.In the...

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Closure

The school was starting to look a bit run down, however it was nothing a lick of paint would not have fixed. There were many campaigns to keep Earnock open, however this fell on deaf ears as the South Lanarkshire Council fat cats wanted to close it down to make money from the land. There was also a reciently built PE block which also served the community well outside School hours, however to the surprise of many, this was also demolished.

As a result, children in the area now have to travel several miles each day to Calderside Academy in Blantyre.

Fire

On 21 June 2008, at around 1.50am, the disused building of Earnock High was set alight. Both the Science and Main Teaching Blocks were extensively damaged — with damage to all three floors in each. At the height of the blaze around thirty firefighters were tackling it — aided by five fire engines and two aerial appliances.

External links

• Friends Reunited Group - Includes photos etc.
• Earnock High School Facebook Page - New Facebook
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  group for ex-EHS pupils and staff with photos.