Schools in the Shetland Islands council area
Shetland Islands has 27 schools listed on OfferDay.
20 primary schools · 1 secondary school · 6 all-through schools
About schools in Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands lists 27 schools, most of them primary schools. Its one secondary school is where pupils go on to after primary. The area also has six 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 Shetland 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.
- Lunnasting Primary School Education Scotland, 30 June 2026
- Mid Yell Junior High School Education Scotland, 23 June 2026
- Baltasound Junior High School Education Scotland, 9 June 2026
- Brae High School Education Scotland, 9 December 2025
- Sound Primary School Education Scotland, 26 August 2025
- Urafirth Primary School Education Scotland, 10 December 2024
- Whiteness Primary School Education Scotland, 17 September 2024
- Mossbank Primary School Education Scotland, 21 November 2023
- Bell's Brae Primary School Education Scotland, 26 September 2023
- Sandwick Junior High School Education Scotland, 27 June 2023
- Happyhansel Primary School Education Scotland, 27 June 2023
- Tingwall Primary School Education Scotland, 6 June 2023
Schools by town
The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Shetland Islands.
Schools not listed under a town
These schools have no town recorded in the national register.
Primary schools16
Common questions about schools in Shetland Islands
- How many schools does Shetland Islands have?
- OfferDay lists 27 schools in Shetland Islands, including 20 primary schools and six all-through schools.
- Who inspects schools in Shetland Islands?
- Schools in Shetland 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 Shetland Islands ranked?
- OfferDay does not rank schools in Shetland 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.
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 26 July 2026.