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Stromness Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Stromness, Orkney KW16 3JS · stromness-pri.orkney.sch.uk · 01856 850544
On the mapSearch near KW16 3JS
Overview
- Pupils
- 121
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 40 places
- Teachers
- 8.6
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.1
- Average class size
- 20.2
- Additional support needs
- 23 pupils (19%)
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (81 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 (inspection, report published 15 March 2011) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 3 (satisfactory); Learners’ experiences 3 (satisfactory); Meeting learning needs 2 (weak); The curriculum 3 (satisfactory); Improvement through self-evaluation 2 (weak).
- Report published
- 15 Mar 2011
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Meeting learning needs | 2 · Weak |
| The curriculum | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 2 · Weak |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 9 Oct 2024
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 40
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 |