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Tingwall Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational53 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 support40%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher10.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size17.7Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll53Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Tingwall Primary School is a council school in Shetland for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 53 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Tingwall, Shetland, Shetland, ZE2 9SE01595 807244tingwall.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 Tingwall Primary 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 roll53Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support40%Additional support needs
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 7 (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.
5P2
11P3
6P4
11P5
14P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 828220222023: 848420232024: 868620242025: 727220252026: 53532026
Since 2022: -29
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll5372868482
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals17.2%0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)39.6%44.4%39.5%35.7%24.4%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio10.811.414.614.013.713.716.1
Average class sizeAverage class size17.718.021.521.020.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers4.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher10.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size17.7Scotland 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
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Whiteness Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles78HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bell's Brae Primary SchoolCouncil3.6 miles259HMIE, no open dataCompare
Sound Primary SchoolCouncil3.6 miles213HMIE, no open dataCompare
Scalloway Primary SchoolCouncil3.8 miles132HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Tingwall Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Tingwall Primary School have?

53 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
Tingwall, Shetland, Shetland, ZE2 9SE
Telephone
01595 807244
Website
www.tingwall.shetland.sch.uk
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
Shetland Islands
Setting
Remote rural areas
SEED code
6101127
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from