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Shapinsay Community School
Primary · Ages 3–10 · Council school
Shapinsay, Orkney KW17 2DY · blogs.glowscotland.org.uk · 01856 711218
On the mapSearch near KW17 2DY
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 · 9 places
- Teachers
- 2.5
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 6.4
- Average class size
- 16
- Additional support needs
- 12 pupils (75%)
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (8 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 24 November 2015) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 5 (very good); Learners’ experiences 6 (excellent); Meeting learning needs 5 (very good); The curriculum 5 (very good); Improvement through self-evaluation 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 24 Nov 2015
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 6 · Excellent |
| Meeting learning needs | 5 · Very good |
| The curriculum | 5 · Very good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 5 · Very good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 8 Jan 2020
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 9
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? | 5 · Very good |