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Sir E Scott School

All-through · ages 3-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational188 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 registered for free school meals13%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support39%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher7.3Scotland 12.1
Average class size7.3Scotland 8.7
Pupils on roll188Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Sir E Scott School is a council school in Western Isles for boys and girls aged 3 to 18. It has 188 pupils. About 13 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Tarbert, Isle of Harris, WESTERN ISLES, Western Isles, HS3 3BG01859 502900blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/es/sessAll 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 Sir E Scott 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 Na h-Eileanan Siar council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll188Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals13%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support39%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic99%
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
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
17S1
20S2
24S3
19S4
14S5
11S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 16816820222023: 17517520232024: 19319320242025: 19219220252026: 1881882026
Since 2022: +20
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll188192193175168
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals13.3%5.7%9.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)39.4%31.8%28.0%25.1%19.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio7.38.07.87.87.012.811.9
Average class sizeAverage class size7.38.67.518.07.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers25.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher7.3Scotland 12.1
Average class size7.3Scotland 8.7

Nearby schools

The closest secondary 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 Sir E Scott School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Sir E Scott School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Sir E Scott School have?

188 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
Tarbert, Isle of Harris, WESTERN ISLES, Western Isles, HS3 3BG
Telephone
01859 502900
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/es/sess
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
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Setting
Remote rural areas
SEED code
6204139
Medium of education
English medium (but has Gaelic Medium stream)
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from