title: Calderside Academy
text: # Calderside Academy
  
  Calderside Academy is a Scottish secondary school in Blantyre. It was created by merging two local secondary schools (Blantyre High School and Earnock High School) on the land where Blantyre High School was. The school opened in January 2008 and was ceremonially opened by Fiona Hyslop MSP in November 2008.
  
  The Academy has approximately 1400 pupils and around 100 teachers, making it one of the largest schools in Scotland.
  
  ## Notable pupils
  
  * Jordan Allan (born 1998), footballer
  