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Sgoil an Taobh Siar

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational76 pupilsNa h-Eileanan Siar
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 support16%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher10.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size15.2Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll76Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Sgoil an Taobh Siar is a council school in Isle of Lewis for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 76 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Barvas, Isle of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, HS2 0RA01851 701602blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/es/satsAll 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 Sgoil an Taobh Siar.

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 Na h-Eileanan Siar council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll76Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support16%Additional support needs
Pupils taught in Gaelic100%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than P7, so the roll is likely to grow.
16P1
9P2
8P3
8P4
15P5
7P6
13P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 797920222023: 868620232024: 787820242025: 747420252026: 76762026
Since 2022: -3
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll7674788679
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)15.8%21.6%24.4%25.6%27.8%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio10.110.111.012.510.811.311.6
Average class sizeAverage class size15.214.815.617.215.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers7.5full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher10.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size15.2Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Sgoil an Taobh Siar a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Sgoil an Taobh Siar yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Sgoil an Taobh Siar have?

76 pupils aged 3 to 11 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
Barvas, Isle of Lewis, Isle of Lewis, HS2 0RA
Telephone
01851 701602
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/es/sats
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Setting
Remote rural areas
SEED code
1000322
Medium of education
Gaelic medium (but has English Medium stream)
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from