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Dounby Community School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Dounby, Orkney KW17 2JA · 01856 771234
On the mapSearch near KW17 2JA
Overview
- Pupils
- 118
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 44 places
- Teachers
- 9
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.1
- Average class size
- 19.7
- Additional support needs
- 65 pupils (55%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (84 pupils)
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 (inspection, report published 18 May 2010) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 3 (satisfactory); Learners’ experiences 4 (good); Meeting learning needs 3 (satisfactory); The curriculum 4 (good); Improvement through self-evaluation 4 (good).
- Report published
- 18 May 2010
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 4 · Good |
| Meeting learning needs | 3 · Satisfactory |
| The curriculum | 4 · Good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 23 Oct 2019
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 44
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |