Eday Primary School, Orkney
Eday Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Orkney.
- Attendance
- 92.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Eday Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Eday 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.
Eday Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 11 pupils, an average class size of 5.5 and 5.8 pupils per teacher.
64% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.7% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 92% full.
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Eday Primary School in June 2023.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
The typical figure for schools in Orkney Islands is 0 (the median across 21 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 Eday Primary School
When was Eday Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Eday Primary School in June 2023.
What is the catchment area for Eday Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Eday 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 Orkney Islands. Orkney Islands publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Eday Primary School?
If you live in Eday Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Orkney Islands will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Orkney Islands - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Eday Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Orkney Islands is 0 (the median across 21 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Eday Primary School?
Eday Primary School is at Eday, Orkney, Orkney, KW17 2AA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)