About us
St. Johns is situated in the east of Edinburgh in Portobello. The school is a double stream primary with a current roll of just over 400 pupils. The school was opened on 13th December 1886 and was originally located in Bath Street.
St. John's is proud of its excellent academic record and its inclusive ethos.
St. John's is proud of its excellent academic record and its inclusive ethos.
Today in St. John's the infant classes work downstairs. The classrooms are capped at 30 pupils, this allows for teachers and support staff to work with pupils in a comfortable space. The middle and upper stages work upstairs on the top corridor and two P7 classes are accomodated in the mobile classrooms in the playground. The mobile classrooms allow for a maximum of 33 pupils per class.
St. John's also provides nursery education for 3-5 year olds. The nursery runs a morning and afternoon session.
This is a view of the top corridor in our school.
The garden is now situated in what was the girls playground. During 1940 air raid shelters were erected in the playground for those children who stayed behind in Portobello and they were used on several occassions during air raid alerts.