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St Joseph's Primary School
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Council school
Oliphant Crescent, Busby, GLASGOW G76 8PT · ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk · 0141 570 7380
Overview
- Pupils
- 368
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- East Renfrewshire
- Departments
- Primary
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Teachers
- 21.6
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
- Average class size
- 26.3
- Additional support needs
- 73 pupils (20%)
- English as an additional language
- 8 pupils (2%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (254 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 0%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (full inspection, report published 4 March 2025) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 5 (very good); Learning, teaching and assessment 5 (very good); Raising attainment and achievement 5 (very good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 4 Mar 2025
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 5 · Very good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 5 · Very good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Previously: inspection, Mar 2010
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Mar 2010Inspection
Improvements in performance 6 · Excellent Learners’ experiences 5 · Very good Meeting learning needs 6 · Excellent The curriculum 6 · Excellent Improvement through self-evaluation 6 · Excellent