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Scalloway Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Scalloway, Shetland ZE1 0TN · scalloway.shetland.sch.uk · 01595 743777
Overview
- Pupils
- 132
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Shetland Islands
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 48 places
- Teachers
- 9.5
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
- Average class size
- 22
- Additional support needs
- 58 pupils (44%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (96 pupils)
- P6 and older27.8% (10 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 (full inspection, report published 22 August 2017) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 22 Aug 2017
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 3 Nov 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 48
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? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |