Uddingston Grammar School is the only high school in Uddingston

Uddingston

Uddingston is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the north side of the River Clyde, about seven miles south-east of Glasgow...

, South Lanarkshire

South Lanarkshire

South Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the former county of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. Its motto is 'Virtute Crescam' which means 'may I grow in moral excellence'

The school was opened in August 1885. It was located by Uddingston railway station.

In 2009 Uddingston Grammar moved to a new school building which was built on the old school playing fields,
after a number of objections to the suitability of the site.

It has been planned that the old Uddingston Grammar building will be turned into flats and work commenced during July 2010 by the developer Barratt Homes.

In 2009 the new Head Teacher of Uddingston Grammar re-introduced school blazers as part of the school uniform for first, fifth and sixth year.

However, in year 2010/2011 all pupils S1-S6 are required to wear blazers.