Bell's Brae Primary School, SHETLAND
Bell's Brae Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Shetland.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bell's Brae Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Bell's Brae Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Bell's Brae Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 259 pupils, an average class size of 19.9 and 10.6 pupils per teacher.
35% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 18.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 46% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bell's Brae Primary School are Sound Primary School (0.8 miles) and Tingwall Primary School (3.6 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Bell's Brae Primary School.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bell's Brae Primary Sch (at), 90 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Bell's Brae Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Shetland Islands is 0 (the median across 27 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Bell's Brae Primary School
What is the catchment area for Bell's Brae Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bell's Brae Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Shetland Islands. Shetland Islands publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Bell's Brae Primary School?
If you live in Bell's Brae Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Shetland Islands will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Shetland Islands - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Bell's Brae Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Shetland Islands is 0 (the median across 27 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Bell's Brae Primary School?
Bell's Brae Primary School is at Gilbertson Road, Lerwick, SHETLAND, SHETLAND, ZE1 0QB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)