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Sgoil-nan-Loch

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational96 pupilsLewisNa 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 support34%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher10.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size16.0Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll96Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Sgoil-nan-Loch is a council school in Lewis for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 96 pupils.

Leurbost, Lewis, Lewis, HS2 9NS01851 705187blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/es/sgoilnanlochAll 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-nan-Loch.

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 roll96Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support34%Additional support needs
Pupils taught in Gaelic100%
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
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 smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
8P1
14P2
11P3
13P4
20P5
15P6
15P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 12312320222023: 11111120232024: 11311320242025: 979720252026: 96962026
Since 2022: -27
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll9697113111123
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)34.4%27.8%28.3%27.0%22.8%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio10.510.411.99.310.311.611.2
Average class sizeAverage class size16.016.218.815.917.6

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers9.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher10.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size16.0Scotland 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-nan-Loch a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Sgoil-nan-Loch yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Sgoil-nan-Loch have?

96 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
Leurbost, Lewis, Lewis, HS2 9NS
Telephone
01851 705187
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/es/sgoilnanloch
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
6232930
Medium of education
Gaelic medium (but has English Medium stream)
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from