St John Vianney RC Primary School, Edinburgh
St John Vianney RC Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Edinburgh. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St John Vianney RC Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St John Vianney RC Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
St John Vianney RC Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 254 pupils, an average class size of 28.2 and 21 pupils per teacher.
16% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 48% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 39% speak English as an additional language.
19% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.3% in 2024/25, and 18.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 98% full.
St John Vianney RC Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care until 6:00pm.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St John Vianney RC Primary School are Liberton Primary School (0.4 miles), Prestonfield Primary School (0.8 miles), Gracemount Primary School (0.9 miles) and Craigour Park Primary (1 mile).
Liberton Primary SchoolPrestonfield Primary SchoolGracemount Primary SchoolCraigour Park Primary
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Edinburgh Rail Station, about 2.5 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ivanhoe Crescent (at), 70 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St John Vianney RC Primary School are Liberton High School (0.4 miles), Gracemount High School (0.9 miles) and Castlebrae Community High School (1.3 miles).
Liberton High SchoolGracemount High SchoolCastlebrae Community High School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St John Vianney RC Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about St John Vianney RC Primary School
What is the catchment area for St John Vianney RC Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St John Vianney RC Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Edinburgh City. Edinburgh City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St John Vianney RC Primary School?
If you live in St John Vianney RC Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Edinburgh City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Edinburgh City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St John Vianney RC Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St John Vianney RC Primary School?
St John Vianney RC Primary School is at 17 Ivanhoe Crescent, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 6AU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)