St Joseph's R C Primary School, Kelty
St Joseph's R C Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kelty. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 89.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Joseph's R C Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Joseph's R C 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 85 pupils, an average class size of 21.2 and 12.5 pupils per teacher.
38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
65% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.1% in 2024/25, and 39.8% 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 57% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Joseph's R C Primary School are Kelty Primary School (0.3 miles), Foulford Primary School (1.5 miles), Lumphinnans Primary & Community School (2 miles) and St Bride's R C Primary School (2.1 miles).
Kelty Primary SchoolFoulford Primary SchoolLumphinnans Primary & Community SchoolSt Bride's R C Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cowdenbeath Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Joseph's Primary School (adjacent), 90 metres away.
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 Joseph's R C Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 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 Fife is 2 (the median across 160 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 Joseph's R C Primary School
What is the catchment area for St Joseph's R C Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Joseph's R C 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 Fife. Fife publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Joseph's R C Primary School?
If you live in St Joseph's R C Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Fife will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Fife - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Joseph's R C Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 Fife is 2 (the median across 160 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Joseph's R C Primary School?
St Joseph's R C Primary School is at 47 Cocklaw Street, Kelty, Kelty, KY4 0DG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)