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St Joseph's RC Primary

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic155 pupilsInvernessHighland
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals42%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support47%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher17.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.1Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas40%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll155Census September 2025

St Joseph's RC Primary is a council school in Inverness for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 155 pupils. About 42 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

King Street, Inverness, Inverness, IV3 5DG01463 231837stjosephsps.wordpress.comAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for St Joseph's RC Primary.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Highland council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll155Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals42%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support47%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English28%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas40%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
18P1
19P2
21P3
22P4
27P5
23P6
25P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 15315320222023: 14114120232024: 13813820242025: 15515520252026: 1551552026
Since 2022: +2
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll155155138141153
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals41.7%14.6%18.6%17.1%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)47.1%57.4%68.8%76.6%61.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language27.7%23.2%28.3%33.3%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio17.619.116.415.516.817.419.8
Average class sizeAverage class size22.122.123.020.121.9

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers8.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher17.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size22.1Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Bishop Eden's Primary SchoolCouncil140 m27HMIE, no open dataCompare
Central Primary SchoolCouncil200 m160HMIE, no open dataCompare
Merkinch Primary SchoolCouncil850 m216HMIE, no open dataCompare
Crown Primary SchoolCouncil850 m250HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dalneigh Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles231HMIE, no open dataCompare
Muirtown Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles171HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kinmylies Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles289HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hilton Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles255HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Joseph's RC Primary a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St Joseph's RC Primary yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does St Joseph's RC Primary have?

155 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
King Street, Inverness, Inverness, IV3 5DG
Telephone
01463 231837
Website
stjosephsps.wordpress.com
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Highland
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5140528
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from