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Education in Orkney Islands

Council area

North Scotland. 21,920 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 1,015 square kilometres, the 5th most sparsely populated council in the UK.

2 layers about education for Orkney Islands, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Schools by council

Worked out by Open Index · 2026

Under 25250 or more

Orkney Islands had 21 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Number of schools

CouncilGreat Britain only
21
Worked out by Open Index · 2026

Orkney Islands had 21 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

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Number of schools: Orkney Islands among every council350 areas from 1 to 510. The middle area is 68. Orkney Islands is 21.

Schools

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Schools in Orkney Islands

Orkney Islands has 21 open schools: 16 primary, 2 secondary and 3 all-through.

Inspection grades are published only inside each report. No outcome is shown.

Primary (16)

SchoolType
Burray Primary SchoolLocal Authority
Dounby Community SchoolLocal Authority
Eday Primary SchoolLocal Authority
Evie Primary SchoolLocal Authority
Firth Primary SchoolLocal Authority
Glaitness SchoolLocal Authority
Hope Primary SchoolLocal Authority
North Walls Community SchoolLocal Authority
Orphir Community SchoolLocal Authority
Papa Westray Community SchoolLocal Authority
Papdale Primary SchoolLocal Authority
Rousay Primary SchoolLocal Authority
Shapinsay Community SchoolLocal Authority
St Andrew's Primary SchoolLocal Authority
Stenness Community SchoolLocal Authority
Stromness Primary SchoolLocal Authority

Secondary (2)

SchoolType
Kirkwall Grammar SchoolLocal Authority
Stromness AcademyLocal Authority

All-through (3)

SchoolType
Sanday Community SchoolLocal Authority
Stronsay Junior High SchoolLocal Authority
Westray Junior High SchoolLocal Authority

Source: Scottish Government, school contact list 31 July 2026.