Calderhead High School
Dyfrig Street, Shotts, ML7 4DH
- Phase
- Secondary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Pupils on roll
- 575
- SEED code
- 8517231
- Local authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01501 826701
About this school
Calderhead High School is a secondary school in North Lanarkshire. It has 575 pupils on roll.
Education Scotland's latest report on the school is linked below. The pupil census figures the Scottish Government publishes, among them the school roll, are shown below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Education Scotland inspection
Education Scotland evaluates schools against How good is our school? quality indicators on a six-point scale, from Excellent to Unsatisfactory. Those evaluations are published in the inspection report, which OfferDay links to in full rather than reproducing.
Read the full inspection report on Education Scotland's website
School characteristics
From the Scottish Government pupil census, latest 3 years.
Pupils by home-area deprivation
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile, 2025 census. Q1 is the most deprived fifth of areas in Scotland, Q5 the least.
- Q1 (most deprived)
- 188 (33%)
- Q2
- 253 (44%)
- Q3
- 64 (11%)
- Q4
- 69 (12%)
- Q5 (least deprived)
- 0 (0%)
Scotland does not publish school-level attainment under an open licence, so OfferDay does not show exam or achievement figures for Scottish schools. Education Scotland reports on each school, and the Scottish Government publishes results at national level.
Location
Nearby schools
-
Coltness High School5.0 miles
Secondary
-
St Aidan's High School5.5 miles
Secondary
-
Whitburn Academy5.6 miles
Secondary
-
Carluke High School6.0 miles
Secondary
-
Armadale Academy6.0 miles
Secondary
Common questions
- What kind of school is Calderhead High School?
- Calderhead High School is a secondary school in North Lanarkshire.
- When was Calderhead High School last inspected?
- Education Scotland has inspected Calderhead High School, and its most recent report is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the inspection date and a link to the published report.
- How big is Calderhead High School?
- Calderhead High School has 575 pupils on roll.
- Does Calderhead High School publish exam results?
- Scotland does not publish school-level attainment under an open licence, so this page shows the pupil-census figures its government does release, such as the school roll, rather than exam results. Its inspection report is on the Education Scotland website.
School details and pupil characteristics come from the Scottish Government's school contact list and pupil census. Inspection information comes from Education Scotland. OfferDay links to each inspection report rather than reproducing it. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.