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Sanday Community School (secondary)
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Council school
Sanday, Orkney KW17 2AY · sandayschool.weebly.com · 01857 600228
On the mapSearch near KW17 2AY
Overview
- Pupils
- 28
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary, Secondary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Same campus
- Sanday Community School (primary)
- One building and school number for several stages; each has its own figures.
- Teachers
- 4.8
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.8
- Additional support needs
- 25 pupils (89%)
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- 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, and its leaver results (data.gov.scot).
Results
| 2024/25 | School | Scotland | Comparator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment for all (tariff points) | |||
| Lowest 20% | n/a | 132 | n/a |
| Middle 60% | n/a | 874 | n/a |
| Highest 20% | n/a | 1,965 | n/a |
| Literacy and numeracy | |||
| Both, level 4+ | n/a | 89% | n/a |
| Literacy, level 4+ | n/a | 93% | n/a |
| Numeracy, level 4+ | n/a | 91% | n/a |
| Both, level 5+ | n/a | 70% | n/a |
| Literacy, level 5+ | n/a | 82% | n/a |
| Numeracy, level 5+ | n/a | 73% | n/a |
| Where leavers went | |||
| Positive destination | n/a | 96% | n/a |
n/a: not published for that year
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (full inspection, report published 3 September 2019) 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 4 (good).
- Report published
- 3 Sept 2019
- 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 | 4 · Good |