Education
At present there are three high schools in the area: Clyde Valley High School in Overtown, Coltness High and St. Aidan's High School, both in Coltness. Historically, Wishaw had four high schools, with Wishaw High being the fourth situated on Dryburgh Road, but this was closed and demolished to make way for a new housing estate.
Primary schools in Wishaw include Calderbridge (Lammermoor and Coltness) St. Thomas',St. Aidan's, Cambusnethan, St. Ignatius' and Wishaw Academy (with both the latter two schools being a joint campus). All of the St. Matthew's pupils were moved into St. Thomas' in 2010, due to the former being closed and demolished.
The town does not have a university or college at present, with the nearest college being Motherwell College, based in Ravenscraig, and the University of the West of Scotland (formerly Bell College of Technology) in Hamilton being the nearest university.
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