Shapinsay Community School, Orkney
Shapinsay Community School is a primary school for pupils in Orkney.
- Attendance
- 94.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Shapinsay Community School in detail
School in Scotland
Shapinsay Community 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.
Shapinsay Community School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 16 pupils, an average class size of 16 and 6.4 pupils per teacher.
75% 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 94.2% 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 36% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Shapinsay Community School are Papdale Primary School (4.5 miles) and Glaitness School (4.8 miles).
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 Shapinsay Community 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 Shapinsay Community School
What is the catchment area for Shapinsay Community School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Shapinsay Community 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 Shapinsay Community School?
If you live in Shapinsay Community 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 Shapinsay Community 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 Shapinsay Community School?
Shapinsay Community School is at Shapinsay, Orkney, Orkney, KW17 2DY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)