Sound Primary School, Shetland
Sound Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Shetland.
- Attendance
- 94.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sound Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Sound 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.
Sound Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 213 pupils, an average class size of 23.7 and 13.5 pupils per teacher.
29% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 37% 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 94.5% in 2024/25, and 16% 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 44% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Sound Primary School are Bell's Brae Primary School (0.8 miles), Scalloway Primary School (3.5 miles) and Tingwall Primary School (3.6 miles).
Bell's Brae Primary SchoolScalloway Primary SchoolTingwall Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Sound Primary School.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sound Hall (at), 70 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 Sound Primary School in August 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Sound Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Sound Primary School
Questions parents ask about Sound Primary School
When was Sound Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Sound Primary School in August 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Sound Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sound 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 Shetland Islands. Shetland Islands publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Sound Primary School?
If you live in Sound Primary 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 Sound Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Shetland Islands is 0 (the median across 27 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Sound Primary School?
Sound Primary School is at Lerwick, Shetland, Shetland, ZE1 0LY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)