St Joseph's RC Primary, Inverness
St Joseph's RC Primary is a primary school for pupils in Inverness. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Joseph's RC Primary in detail
School in Scotland
St Joseph's RC Primary 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 Joseph's RC Primary has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 155 pupils, an average class size of 22.1 and 17.6 pupils per teacher.
42% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 28% speak English as an additional language.
40% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 22.2% 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 poor (C); the school was 85% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Joseph's RC Primary are Bishop Eden's Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Central Primary School (0.1 miles), Merkinch Primary School (0.5 miles) and Crown Primary School (0.5 miles).
Bishop Eden's Primary SchoolCentral Primary SchoolMerkinch Primary SchoolCrown Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverness Rail Station, about 490 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Josephs School (outside), 40 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Joseph's RC Primary are Inverness High School (0.3 miles), Millburn Academy (0.8 miles) and Charleston Academy (1 mile).
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 RC Primary's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 5 serious and 4 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 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 RC Primary
What is the catchment area for St Joseph's RC Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Joseph's RC Primary 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 Highland. Highland publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Joseph's RC Primary?
If you live in St Joseph's RC Primary's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Highland will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Highland - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Joseph's RC Primary?
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, 5 serious and 4 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Highland is 0 (the median across 195 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Joseph's RC Primary?
St Joseph's RC Primary is at King Street, Inverness, Inverness, IV3 5DG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)