# Education in Orkney Islands

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.

In: [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/scotland)

## Number of schools

Orkney Islands: **21** (2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government. Published 15 October 2026.

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

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/number-of-schools?place=S12000023) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-schools) · https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/education#l-schools-count

## Schools

Exact point level, Great Britain only. Source: Department for Education and Ofsted and Department for Education and Welsh Government and Scottish Government and Ordnance Survey.

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Orkney Islands. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?place=S12000023) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) · https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/education#l-schools

## Schools in Orkney Islands

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

### Primary (16) (16)

| School | Type |
| --- | --- |
| [Burray Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burray-primary-school-s6000223) | Local Authority |
| [Dounby Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dounby-community-school-s6000428) | Local Authority |
| [Eday Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eday-primary-school-s6000525) | Local Authority |
| [Evie Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/evie-primary-school-s6002927) | Local Authority |
| [Firth Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/firth-primary-school-s6000924) | Local Authority |
| [Glaitness School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/glaitness-school-s6003427) | Local Authority |
| [Hope Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hope-primary-school-s6001521) | Local Authority |
| [North Walls Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/north-walls-community-school-s6002838) | Local Authority |
| [Orphir Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/orphir-community-school-s6001823) | Local Authority |
| [Papa Westray Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/papa-westray-community-school-s6001920) | Local Authority |
| [Papdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/papdale-primary-school-s6001629) | Local Authority |
| [Rousay Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rousay-primary-school-s6002129) | Local Authority |
| [Shapinsay Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shapinsay-community-school-s6003621) | Local Authority |
| [St Andrew's Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-primary-school-s6003729) | Local Authority |
| [Stenness Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stenness-community-school-s6002420) | Local Authority |
| [Stromness Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stromness-primary-school-s6002528) | Local Authority |

### Secondary (2) (2)

| School | Type |
| --- | --- |
| [Kirkwall Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kirkwall-grammar-school-s6002730) | Local Authority |
| [Stromness Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stromness-academy-s6003532) | Local Authority |

### All-through (3) (3)

| School | Type |
| --- | --- |
| [Sanday Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sanday-community-school-s6003230) | Local Authority |
| [Stronsay Junior High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stronsay-junior-high-school-s6003834) | Local Authority |
| [Westray Junior High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westray-junior-high-school-s6003036) | Local Authority |

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

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

## More on this place

- [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands)
- [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/housing) (8)
- [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/crime) (6)
- [People](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/people) (15)
- [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/deprivation) (2)
- [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/health) (4)
- [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/environment) (5)
- [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/transport) (4)
- [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/connectivity) (5)
- [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/economy) (4)
- [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/council-tax) (2)
- [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/elections) (7)
- [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/services) (1)
- [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/sources) (22)

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/S12000023/data?family=education

## How to cite

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Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/orkney-islands/education