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Orphir Community School
Primary · Ages 3–9 · Council school
Orphir, Orkney KW17 2RB · orphircommunityschool.co.uk · 01856 811265
On the mapSearch near KW17 2RB
Overview
- Pupils
- 34
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 15 places
- Teachers
- 2.9
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.7
- Average class size
- 17
- Additional support needs
- 15 pupils (44%)
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (27 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 21 May 2013) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 4 (good); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 3 (satisfactory); Improvement through self-evaluation 2 (weak).
- Report published
- 21 May 2013
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 4 · Good |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 2 · Weak |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 15 Oct 2018
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 15
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |