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Sanday Community School

All-throughP1 to S6Non-denominationalNursery class

Sanday, Orkney, KW17 2AY · Orkney Islands · near Kirkwall

Kirkwall’s School Grade A− against Scotland’s towns

Pupils
28
September 2025, 4.8 teachers
Additional support needs
89%
of pupils · outlined square = Scotland’s secondary schools (49%)
From the most deprived areas
0%
of pupils live in Scotland’s most deprived fifth of areas · outlined square = Scotland’s secondary schools (21%)
The gist

What stands out about Sanday Community School

  • Too few leavers a year for a letter

Pupils

Pupil census · September 2025

Sanday Community School had 28 pupils in September 2025, with 4.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 6 pupils for each. 0% live in the most deprived fifth of Scotland’s neighbourhoods and 0% in the least deprived fifth (each fifth holds a fifth of Scotland’s people, on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation). 25 pupils have an additional support need recorded, 89% of the roll, against 49% across Scotland’s secondary schools.

Scottish Government, summary statistics for schools in Scotland 2025, school level. Small counts are withheld.

Nearby

Schools near Sanday Community School

Every mainstream school within 3 km. Secondaries are squares, with their letter; Gaelic-medium schools are teal.

The five nearest

Nearby schools

Schools of the same phase near Sanday Community School

Nearest first, within the same nation, as the crow flies. Up to 8 km, or 25 km where there are fewer than three nearby. Catchments and admissions rules decide which school a child gets.

Sanday Community School: common questions

How good is Sanday Community School?

It has too few leavers a year for a letter.

How many pupils go to Sanday Community School?

28 in September 2025.

How do I get a place at Sanday Community School?

Through Orkney Islands council. A child living in the school’s catchment area gets a place; families outside it can make a placing request, granted where there is room.

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