Sandwick Junior High School, Shetland
Sandwick Junior High School is an all-through school for pupils in Shetland.
- Attendance
- 86.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sandwick Junior High School in detail
School in Scotland
Sandwick 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.
Sandwick Junior High School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 74 pupils and 6.7 pupils per teacher.
26% of pupils are registered for free school meals and 80% 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 86.1% in 2024/25, and 35.7% 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 24% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Sandwick Junior High School.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bakery (opposite), 110 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Sandwick Junior High 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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Getting There
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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 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 Sandwick Junior High School
When was Sandwick Junior High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Sandwick Junior High School in June 2023.
What is the catchment area for Sandwick Junior High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sandwick 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 Sandwick Junior High School?
If you live in Sandwick 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 Sandwick 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 Sandwick Junior High School?
Sandwick Junior High School is at Sandwick, Shetland, Shetland, ZE2 9HH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)