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Sandwick Junior High School

All-throughP1 to S6Non-denominationalNursery class

Sandwick, Shetland, ZE2 9HH · Shetland Islands · near Lerwick

Lerwick’s School Grade A against Scotland’s towns

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Pupils
74
September 2025, 11.1 teachers
Additional support needs
80%
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 Sandwick Junior High School

  • Too few leavers a year for a letter

Pupils

Pupil census · September 2025

Sandwick Junior High School had 74 pupils in September 2025, with 11.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 7 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). 26% of pupils are registered for free school meals. 59 pupils have an additional support need recorded, 80% 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 Sandwick Junior High School

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

The five nearest

Sandwick Junior High School: common questions

How good is Sandwick Junior High School?

It has too few leavers a year for a letter.

How many pupils go to Sandwick Junior High School?

74 in September 2025.

How do I get a place at Sandwick Junior High School?

Through Shetland 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.

Not on this page yet: Education Scotland’s latest inspection and attendance.

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