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Mid Yell Junior High School

All-through · ages 3-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational66 pupilsShetlandShetland Islands
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils getting extra support53%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher5.4Scotland 12.1
Average class size5.1Scotland 8.7
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll66Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Mid Yell Junior High School is a council school in Shetland for boys and girls aged 3 to 18. It has 66 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Mid Yell, Shetland, Shetland, ZE2 9BN01595 745050midyell.shetland.sch.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Mid Yell Junior High School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Shetland Islands council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll66Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support53%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 6 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than S4, so the roll is likely to grow.
11S1
8S2
12S3
9S4
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 828220222023: 777720232024: 727220242025: 707020252026: 66662026
Since 2022: -16
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll6670727782
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)53.0%47.1%44.4%37.7%24.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio5.45.76.55.86.310.510.3
Average class sizeAverage class size5.17.36.315.06.6

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers12.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher5.4Scotland 12.1
Average class size5.1Scotland 8.7

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

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No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Mid Yell Junior High School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Mid Yell Junior High School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Mid Yell Junior High School have?

66 pupils aged 3 to 18 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Mid Yell, Shetland, Shetland, ZE2 9BN
Telephone
01595 745050
Website
www.midyell.shetland.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
All-through school, ages 3-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Shetland Islands
Setting
Remote rural areas
SEED code
6103731
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from