Tingwall Primary School, Shetland
Tingwall Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Shetland.
- Attendance
- 95.6%
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
Tingwall Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Tingwall 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.
Tingwall Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 53 pupils, an average class size of 17.7 and 10.8 pupils per teacher.
40% 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 95.6% in 2024/25, and 6.7% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 53% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Tingwall Primary School are Whiteness Primary School (2 miles), Bell's Brae Primary School (3.6 miles), Sound Primary School (3.6 miles) and Scalloway Primary School (3.8 miles).
Whiteness Primary SchoolBell's Brae Primary SchoolSound Primary SchoolScalloway Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Tingwall Primary School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gott Farm (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 Tingwall Primary School in June 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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 Tingwall Primary School
Nurseries
Tingwall Nursery is at Tingwall Primary School. Care Inspectorate, 29 June 2022: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions.
Getting There
Bus Stops
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.
The typical figure for schools in Shetland Islands is 0 (the median across 27 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Questions parents ask about Tingwall Primary School
When was Tingwall Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Tingwall Primary School in June 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory.
How many road collisions happen near Tingwall 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. The typical figure for schools in Shetland Islands is 0 (the median across 27 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Tingwall Primary School?
Tingwall Primary School is at Tingwall, Shetland, Shetland, ZE2 9SE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)