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St Joseph's RC Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic120 pupilsBonnybridgeFalkirk
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 getting extra support30%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.0Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll120Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

St Joseph's RC Primary School is a council school in Bonnybridge for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 120 pupils. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Broomhill Road, Bonnybridge, Bonnybridge, FK4 2AN01324 503150st-josephs.falkirk.sch.ukAll 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 School.

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 Falkirk council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll120Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support30%Additional support needs
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
18P1
23P2
16P3
13P4
14P5
17P6
19P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 11811820222023: 12112120232024: 11811820242025: 12212220252026: 1201202026
Since 2022: +2
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll120122118121118
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals21.6%19.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)30.0%31.1%30.5%27.3%21.2%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.013.613.112.113.714.213.6
Average class sizeAverage class size20.020.319.720.219.7

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers8.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.0Scotland 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
Antonine Primary SchoolCouncil0 m182HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bonnybridge Primary SchoolCouncil890 m265HMIE, no open dataCompare
Head Of Muir Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles259HMIE, no open dataCompare
Nethermains Primary SchoolCouncil1.9 miles162HMIE, no open dataCompare
Easter Carmuirs Primary SchoolCouncil2.2 miles175HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Patrick's RC Primary SchoolCouncil2.2 miles262HMIE, no open dataCompare
Denny Primary SchoolCouncil2.2 miles324HMIE, no open dataCompare
Carmuirs Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles150HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Joseph's RC Primary School a good school?

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

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

120 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
Broomhill Road, Bonnybridge, Bonnybridge, FK4 2AN
Telephone
01324 503150
Website
www.st-josephs.falkirk.sch.uk
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
Falkirk
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5740622
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from