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Fair Isle Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Fair Isle, Shetland ZE2 9JU · fairisle.shetland.sch.uk · 01595 760254
Overview
- Pupils
- 3
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Shetland Islands
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 6 places
- Teachers
- 1.2
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 2.5
- Average class size
- 3
- Additional support needs
- Too few to publish
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals, P6 and older
- 0% (0 pupils)
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 3 November 2009) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 6 (excellent); Learners’ experiences 6 (excellent); Meeting learning needs 5 (very good); The curriculum 5 (very good); Improvement through self-evaluation 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 3 Nov 2009
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 6 · Excellent |
|---|---|
| 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
- 18 Dec 2025
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 6
Key questions
| Children play and learn | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Children thrive and develop in quality spaces | 5 · Very good |
| Children are supported to achieve | 5 · Very good |
| Leadership (includes staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment) | 5 · Very good |