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Hope Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–10 · Council school
St Margaret's Hope, Orkney KW17 2TN · hopecommunityschoolorkney.org · 01856 831217
On the mapSearch near KW17 2TN
Overview
- Pupils
- 52
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 20 places
- Teachers
- 3.8
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
- Average class size
- 17.3
- Additional support needs
- 14 pupils (27%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (41 pupils)
- P6 and older0% (0 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 26 August 2014) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 5 (very good); Meeting learning needs 3 (satisfactory); The curriculum 4 (good); Improvement through self-evaluation 4 (good).
- Report published
- 26 Aug 2014
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 5 · Very good |
| Meeting learning needs | 3 · Satisfactory |
| The curriculum | 4 · Good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 12 Dec 2024
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 20
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |