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Mid Yell Junior High School, Shetland

All-through
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Mid Yell Junior High School is an all-through school for pupils in Shetland.

Attendance
93.1%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Mid Yell Junior High School in detail

School in Scotland

Mid Yell Junior High 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.

Mid Yell Junior High School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 40 pupils and 4.6 pupils per teacher.

48% 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 93.1% in 2024/25, and 23.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 80% full.

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Mid Yell Junior High School.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hall (at), 220 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Shetland Islands
Phone:01595 745050
Address:Mid Yell, Shetland, Shetland, ZE2 9BN
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Mid Yell Junior High School in June 2026.

  • 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
  • 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
  • 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
  • 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood

HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:6103731

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Hall (at)
218m · 4 min walk
School (at)
449m · 7 min walk
Burravoe Rd End (at)
467m · 8 min walk
Whitefield Cottage (opp)
598m · 10 min walk

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 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 Mid Yell Junior High School

When was Mid Yell Junior High School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Mid Yell Junior High School in June 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.

What is the catchment area for Mid Yell Junior High School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mid Yell Junior High 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 Mid Yell Junior High School?

If you live in Mid Yell Junior High 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 Mid Yell Junior High 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 Shetland Islands is 0 (the median across 27 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Mid Yell Junior High School?

Mid Yell Junior High School is at Mid Yell, Shetland, Shetland, ZE2 9BN.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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