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St Patrick's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic301 pupilsGreenockInverclyde
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 meals100%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support31%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher18.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size27.4Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas55%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll301Census September 2025

St Patrick's Primary School is a council school in Greenock for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 301 pupils. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Broomhill Street, Greenock, Greenock, PA15 4HL01475 715696st-patricks.inverclyde.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 Patrick's 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 Inverclyde council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll301Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals100%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support31%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English6%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas55%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas2%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 1 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
45P1
38P2
44P3
36P4
54P5
37P6
47P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 26126120222023: 26926920232024: 29829820242025: 28928920252026: 3013012026
Since 2022: +40
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll301289298269261
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals100.0%30.2%39.6%40.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)30.9%28.7%27.9%15.6%14.6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5.6%5.9%5.4%2.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio18.216.516.515.515.815.616.7
Average class sizeAverage class size27.426.327.126.926.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers16.5full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher18.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size27.4Scotland 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
Whinhill Primary SchoolCouncil650 m255HMIE, no open dataCompare
Ardgowan Primary SchoolCouncil970 m407HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles260HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lady Alice Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles167HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Joseph's Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles119HMIE, no open dataCompare
All Saints Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles347HMIE, no open dataCompare
King's Oak Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles235HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Andrew's Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles165HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Patrick's Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does St Patrick's Primary School have?

301 pupils aged 4 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 Street, Greenock, Greenock, PA15 4HL
Telephone
01475 715696
Website
st-patricks.inverclyde.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Inverclyde
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
8642524
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from