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Papdale Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1PJ · orkney.co · 01856 872650
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Overview
- Pupils
- 407
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 94 places
- Teachers
- 22.7
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
- Average class size
- 25.4
- Additional support needs
- 130 pupils (32%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (279 pupils)
- P6 and older11.7% (15 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 0%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
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 (full inspection, report published 27 June 2023) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 3 (satisfactory); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 3 (satisfactory).
- Report published
- 27 Jun 2023
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 3 · Satisfactory |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 12 Aug 2022
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 94
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? | 6 · Excellent |