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North Walls Community School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Lyness, Stromness, ORKNEY KW16 3NX · orkney.co · 01856 791246
On the mapSearch near KW16 3NX
Overview
- Pupils
- 16
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 12 places
- Teachers
- 2.6
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 6.2
- Average class size
- 8
- Additional support needs
- 5 pupils (31%)
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (11 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 (short inspection, report published 17 September 2024) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good). Nursery class: Learning, teaching and assessment 5 (very good); Securing children’s progress 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 17 Sept 2024
- Short inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
Nursery class
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Securing children’s progress | 5 · Very good |
Previously: inspection, Aug 2009
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Aug 2009Inspection
Improvements in performance 4 · Good Learners’ experiences 4 · Good Meeting learning needs 4 · Good The curriculum 5 · Very good Improvement through self-evaluation 4 · Good
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 1 Sept 2020
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 12
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |