St Joseph's Academy, Kilmarnock

St Joseph's Academy 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 661 pupils and 13 pupils per teacher.

18% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.

41% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 85.9% in 2024/25, and 42.6% 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 58% full.

96% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Joseph's Academy are Kilmarnock Academy (0.4 miles), Grange Academy (1.4 miles), Loudoun Academy (4 miles) and Stewarton Academy (4.6 miles).

The nearest railway station is Kilmarnock Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Joseph's Academy (at), 120 metres away.

The primary schools closest to St Joseph's Academy are St Andrew's Primary School (under 0.1 miles), James Hamilton Primary (0.4 miles), Sgoil na Coille Nuaidh (0.4 miles) and Loanhead Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; East Ayrshire publishes both.