Schools in the Orkney Islands council area
Orkney Islands has 22 schools listed on OfferDay across 2 towns.
17 primary schools · 2 secondary schools · 3 all-through schools
About schools in Orkney Islands
Orkney Islands lists 22 schools, most of them primary schools. Its two secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. The area also has three all-through schools, which teach every age from the early years to school-leaving age on one site.
Education Scotland inspects the schools listed here. Its inspectors evaluate a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than a single grade, and each page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report. Scotland does not release school-level attainment under an open licence, so these pages show the pupil-census figures its government does publish, among them the school roll and the spread of pupils across the most and least deprived areas. Treat a report as a starting point and visit before you decide.
Recently inspected in Orkney Islands
The latest inspections in this area, newest first. Each links to the school's page, where the report and its framework are set out.
- Stromness Primary School Education Scotland, 26 May 2026
- Stronsay Junior High School Education Scotland, 12 May 2026
- St Andrew's Primary School Education Scotland, 26 August 2025
- Dounby Community School Education Scotland, 17 June 2025
- Stromness Academy Education Scotland, 3 June 2025
- North Ronaldsay Primary School Education Scotland, 1 October 2024
- North Walls Community School Education Scotland, 17 September 2024
- Papa Westray Community School Education Scotland, 25 June 2024
- Firth Primary School Education Scotland, 28 May 2024
- Glaitness School Education Scotland, 29 August 2023
- Eday Primary School Education Scotland, 27 June 2023
- Papdale Primary School Education Scotland, 27 June 2023
Schools by town
The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Orkney Islands.
Schools not listed under a town
These schools have no town recorded in the national register.
Primary schools13
All-through schools3
Common questions about schools in Orkney Islands
- How many schools does Orkney Islands have?
- OfferDay lists 22 schools in Orkney Islands, including 17 primary schools and three all-through schools.
- Who inspects schools in Orkney Islands?
- Schools in Orkney Islands are inspected by Education Scotland (HM Inspectors). It evaluates a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than giving one overall grade, and each school page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report.
- How are schools in Orkney Islands ranked?
- OfferDay does not rank schools in Orkney Islands. Scotland does not publish school-level attainment under an open licence, so there is no fair basis for a league table. Compare schools on their Education Scotland reports and the pupil-census figures its government publishes, and treat any single measure as a starting point rather than a verdict.
- How many towns are in the Orkney Islands council area?
- OfferDay groups the Orkney Islands schools across two towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the council area is reachable.
School details come from the Scottish Government's school contact list. Inspection information comes from Education Scotland. Information on this page was last updated on 19 July 2026.