Stornoway Primary School, ISLE OF LEWIS
Stornoway Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Isle of Lewis.
- Attendance
- 94.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Stornoway Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Stornoway 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.
Stornoway Primary School offers Gaelic-medium education and has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 309 pupils, an average class size of 20.6 and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
27% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 12% 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 bad (D); the school was 60% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Stornoway Primary School are Laxdale Primary School (0.8 miles), Tong Primary School (2.4 miles) and Back School (5.3 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Stornoway Primary School.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Balmerino Drive (at), 40 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Stornoway Primary School are The Nicolson Institute (0.4 miles) and e-Sgoil nan Eilean Siar (0.5 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Stornoway Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 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 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 Stornoway Primary School
What is the catchment area for Stornoway Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Stornoway 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 Na h-Eileanan Siar. Na h-Eileanan Siar publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Stornoway Primary School?
If you live in Stornoway Primary 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 Stornoway 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Na h-Eileanan Siar is 0 (the median across 24 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Stornoway Primary School?
Stornoway Primary School is at Jamieson Drive, Stornoway, ISLE OF LEWIS, ISLE OF LEWIS, HS1 2LF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)