Sir E Scott School, WESTERN ISLES
Sir E Scott School is an all-through school for pupils in Western Isles.
- Attendance
- 88.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sir E Scott School in detail
School in Scotland
Sir E Scott 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.
Sir E Scott School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 105 pupils and 6 pupils per teacher.
13% of pupils are registered for free school meals and 44% 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 88.8% in 2024/25, and 29.3% 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 65% full.
100% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Sir E Scott School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sir E Scott School (near), 170 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 Sir E Scott School in September 2026.
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
Bus Stops
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 Na h-Eileanan Siar is 0 (the median across 24 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 Sir E Scott School
When was Sir E Scott School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Sir E Scott School in September 2026.
What is the catchment area for Sir E Scott School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sir E Scott 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 Na h-Eileanan Siar. Na h-Eileanan Siar publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Sir E Scott School?
If you live in Sir E Scott School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Na h-Eileanan Siar will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Na h-Eileanan Siar - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Sir E Scott 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 Na h-Eileanan Siar is 0 (the median across 24 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Sir E Scott School?
Sir E Scott School is at Tarbert, Isle of Harris, WESTERN ISLES, WESTERN ISLES, HS3 3BG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)