e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar, ISLE OF LEWIS
e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar is an all-through school for pupils in Isle of Lewis.
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar in detail
School in Scotland
e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar 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.
e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar offers Gaelic-medium education.
e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar in its own words
In its own words: "The e-Sgoil story was shared at the 2022 World Education Summit in a presentation entitled 'Removing barriers for all learners'. You can view the video here, which features a range of powerful contributions from teachers, learners and partners. To sign up to regular news and updates from e-Sgoil, please join our mailing list using the sign-up button below."
From the headteacher's welcome: "e-Sgoil is a national e-learning service established in 2016 in the Western Isles of Scotland. Our focus is on live, interactive, online learning using technology to remove barriers and improve outcomes for young people."
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar.
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bus Station, 230 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar are Stornoway Primary School (0.5 miles) and Laxdale Primary School (1.2 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Na h-Eileanan Siar publishes both.
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 e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
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
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 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 Na h-Eileanan Siar is 0 (the median across 24 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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar
Questions parents ask about e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar
What is the catchment area for e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar 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 Na h-Eileanan Siar. Na h-Eileanan Siar publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar?
If you live in e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Na h-Eileanan Siar will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Na h-Eileanan Siar - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 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 Na h-Eileanan Siar is 0 (the median across 24 schools, same distance and years).
Where is e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar?
e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar is at 44 Francis Street, Stornoway, ISLE OF LEWIS, ISLE OF LEWIS, HS1 2NF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)