Rousay Primary School, Orkney
Rousay Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Orkney.
- Attendance
- 90.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Rousay Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Rousay 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.
Rousay Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 10 pupils, an average class size of 10 and 8.3 pupils per teacher.
60% 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 90.9% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 25% full.
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Rousay Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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 Rousay Primary School
What is the catchment area for Rousay Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Rousay 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 Rousay Primary School?
If you live in Rousay 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 Rousay 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 Rousay Primary School?
Rousay Primary School is at Rousay, Orkney, Orkney, KW17 2PR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)