St Joseph's RC School, Aberdeen
St Joseph's RC School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 95.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Joseph's RC School in detail
School in Scotland
St Joseph's RC 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 Joseph's RC School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 395 pupils, an average class size of 28.2 and 17.6 pupils per teacher.
15% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 13% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 47% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.8% in 2024/25, and 9.3% 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 91% full.
St Joseph's RC School in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Joseph's RC School are Ashley Road School (0.4 miles), Mile End School (0.5 miles), Broomhill School (0.7 miles) and Gilcomstoun School (0.8 miles).
Ashley Road SchoolMile End SchoolBroomhill SchoolGilcomstoun School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Aberdeen Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Queen's Gardens (opposite), 30 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Joseph's RC School are Harlaw Academy (0.5 miles), Aberdeen Grammar School (0.6 miles) and Hazlehead Academy (1.7 miles).
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 Joseph's RC School in September 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Joseph's RC School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 7 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
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St Joseph's RC School
Questions parents ask about St Joseph's RC School
When was St Joseph's RC School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Joseph's RC School in September 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Joseph's RC School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Joseph's RC 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 Aberdeen City. Aberdeen City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Joseph's RC School?
If you live in St Joseph's RC School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Aberdeen City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Aberdeen City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Joseph's RC School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 7 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Joseph's RC School?
St Joseph's RC School is at 5 Queen's Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB15 4YL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)