School Staff

Welcome to St John the Baptist Primary School

St John the Baptist Primary School is one of the feeder schools to St Kentigern's Academy, Blackburn. We are a Roman Catholic, co-educational primary school founded in 1968. At present, our role is approx. 170 within 7 classes.

Headteacher - Mrs McLaren

Principal Teacher - Mrs Venditti (currently on maternity leave)

Principal Teacher - Mrs Traynor

Parish Priest: Father William McQuillan

P1 - Miss Grzelak 

P2 - Mrs Nolan / Mrs Hunter

P3 - Mrs Dawson / Miss Johnstone

P4 - Mrs Milne

P5 - Miss Moore (Mrs Dawson Mondays)

P6 - Miss Adam (Mrs Traynor Wednesdays)

P7 - Mr Eden

Additional Support for Learning: Mrs Bow / Mrs Traynor

RCCT Teacher: Mrs Hunter

Pupil Support Workers: Mrs Dunn, Miss Quipp, Miss Reynolds, Mrs Campbell, Miss Welsh

Speech and Language Therapist (PEF): Amy Gilroy

School Secretary: Mrs McMillan

Brass Instructor: Mr French

Strings Instructor: Mrs Gourdie

FMA/Janitor: Mrs Hunter

We are a dedicated, hard-working team who pride ourselves on collaborative working with each other and with the wider school community. St John's is a friendly, supportive school working with the parish and the home to provide the best all-round education possible for our children.

In November 2017, a group of P7 pupils created a short film about St. John the Baptist Primary School.