Stromness Primary School, Orkney
Stromness Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Orkney.
- Attendance
- 92.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Stromness Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Stromness 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.
Stromness Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 121 pupils, an average class size of 20.2 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
19% 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 92.4% in 2024/25, and 24.2% 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 good (A); the school was 56% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Stromness Primary School.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Garson Drive (opposite), 130 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 Stromness Primary School in May 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Stromness Primary School is a primary school in Stromness, Orkney. The school has around 125 students.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Stromness Primary School
Getting There
Ferry Terminals
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 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 Stromness Primary School
When was Stromness Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Stromness Primary School in May 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Stromness Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Stromness 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 Orkney Islands. Orkney Islands publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Stromness Primary School?
If you live in Stromness Primary 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 Stromness Primary 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 Stromness Primary School?
Stromness Primary School is at Stromness, Orkney, Orkney, KW16 3JS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)