St Joseph's RC School, Stranraer
St Joseph's RC School is a primary school for pupils in Stranraer. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 96.4%
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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 25 pupils, an average class size of 12.5 and 8.9 pupils per teacher.
32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
36% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 96.4% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 25% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Joseph's RC School are Belmont School (0.2 miles), Park School (0.3 miles), Rephad School (0.7 miles) and Sheuchan School (0.8 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stranraer Rail Station, about 1190 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).
20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Leisure Centre (opposite), 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Joseph's RC School in May 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 2
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, 4 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
4 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 Dumfries & Galloway is 1 (the median across 109 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 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 May 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as 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 Dumfries & Galloway. Dumfries & Galloway 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 Dumfries & Galloway will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Dumfries & Galloway - 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 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 4 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 Dumfries & Galloway is 1 (the median across 109 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Joseph's RC School?
St Joseph's RC School is at Lewis Street, Stranraer, Stranraer, DG9 7AR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)