St John's RC High School, Dundee
St John's RC High School is a secondary school for pupils in Dundee. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 85.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St John's RC High School in detail
School in Scotland
St John's RC High 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 1285 pupils and 14.4 pupils per teacher.
29% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 14% speak English as an additional language.
52% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 85.8% in 2024/25, and 44.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 92% full.
87% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to St John's RC High School are St Paul's RC Academy (1.1 miles), Baldragon Academy (1.4 miles), Harris Academy (1.4 miles) and Morgan Academy (1.6 miles).
St Paul's RC AcademyBaldragon AcademyHarris AcademyMorgan Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dundee Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alpin Road (near), 130 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to St John's RC High School are St Mary's RC Primary School (0.5 miles), St Peter & Paul RC School (0.6 miles), Ancrum Road Primary School (0.6 miles) and Victoria Park Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Dundee City publishes both.
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolSt Peter & Paul RC SchoolAncrum Road Primary SchoolVictoria Park Primary School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St John's RC High School in May 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
St John's Roman Catholic High School is a secondary school in Dundee, Scotland. It was established in 1931 by the Marist Brothers, a religious congregation dedicated to education and under the patronage of the Virgin Mary.
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At a Glance
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Keep up with St John's RC High School
Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- 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, 2 serious and 7 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 Dundee City is 10.5 (the median across 42 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's RC High School
When was St John's RC High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St John's RC High School in May 2025.
What is the catchment area for St John's RC High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St John's RC High 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 Dundee City. Dundee City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St John's RC High School?
If you live in St John's RC High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Dundee City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Dundee City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St John's RC High 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, 2 serious and 7 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 Dundee City is 10.5 (the median across 42 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St John's RC High School?
St John's RC High School is at Harefield Road, Dundee, Dundee, DD3 6EY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)