The original school campus was designed in 1974 by the Lanarkshire County Architect's Department using a CLASP system of modular building design developed by Robert Forsyth.
The school motto, Respice Finem, was adopted from the Latin manuscript, Gesta Romanorum, Chapter 103: Quidquid agas, prudenter agas, et respice finem, which means: Whatever you do, do cautiously, and look to the end.