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Papa Westray Community School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Papa Westray, Orkney KW17 2BU · papawestray.orkney.sch.uk · 01857 644226
On the mapSearch near KW17 2BU
Overview
- Pupils
- 6
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 4 places
- Teachers
- 1.3
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 4.6
- Average class size
- 6
- Additional support needs
- 0 pupils (0%)
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (6 pupils)
- P6 and older0% (0 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 25 June 2024) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 4 (good). Nursery class: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 5 (very good); Securing children’s progress 5 (very good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 25 Jun 2024
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 4 · Good |
Nursery class
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 5 · Very good |
| Securing children’s progress | 5 · Very good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Previously: inspection, Sept 2009
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Sept 2009Inspection
Improvements in performance 5 · Very good Learners’ experiences 6 · Excellent Meeting learning needs 4 · Good The curriculum 5 · Very good Improvement through self-evaluation 4 · Good
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 15 Jan 2018
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 4
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 |