School Information

St. Joseph's Primary School is the Roman Catholic School serving an area from Carricknowe and Forrester Park in the north, to Clovenstone in the south and to Balgreen in the east.

 

 

After 44 years in our old building, we are now enjoying the luxury of a brand new school. We share the building with Broomhouse Primary School, but both schools are run independently and maintain their own identities.

All our classrooms are in the same wing and open up on to a 'central area', which is used for artwork and other similar activities. We have a large gym hall and a well resourced library. There is a large dining room, shared with Broomhouse School Community, and meals are prepared on the premises daily. The pupils from both school eat together at lunch time and at our Breakfast Club.

Inside we have a devoted and determined staff who work hard to provide the best possible service for the pupils of St. Joseph's. We have seven Class Teachers, including one Chartered Teacher, one Support for Learning Teacher, a Nursery Teacher, a Principal Teacher and the Head Teacher. The teaching staff are all supported by three Nursery Nurses, our Playground Supervisor, Five Learning Assistants, our Support Service Officer, our Administrator, our Business Manager and a team for catering and cleaning. Each member of the staff has a role to play in our team, to offer the pupils the best possible service.

Our pupils have a large playground area at the back of the school with seat areas and landscaped gardens. Playtimes are supervised at all times.

 We also share a beautiful Environmental Garden, an Astroturf and a large grassed playing field with Broomhouse Primary

We are an associated Primary School of the St. Augustine's cluster. This means that we have close working and supportive links with St. Margaret RC Primary School (South Queensferry), St. David's Primary School (Pilton), St. Cuthbert's RC Primary School (Hutchinson), Fox Covert RC Primary (Corstorphine) and St. Augustine's RC High School (Broomhall).

We also have the advantage of a positive working relationship with Broomhouse Primary School our Partners on Campus. 

We hope that we have a comfortable, secure learning environment fo all to flourish in.