Welcome to the Sanday School website.

Sanday Community School is a Junior High School catering for pupils aged from 3 to 16 years (Nursery to S4).  It is also a Community Centre with excellent facilities such as a meeting room, swimming pool and fitness centre that are used by pupils and all of Sanday's residents.  We are set in the beautiful environment of the Orkney North Isles (see Location Page for details).

The community spirit is one of the strengths of our school.  Our ethos encourages both a caring attitude to one-another and a commitment to learning.  Our pupils achieve excellent examination results.  We are determined to ensure each individual succeeds. 

Our wide age range gives older pupils the opportunity to take responsibility for the care of younger pupils, while small classes enable every child to work towards personal targets.  Strong values and excellent support from parents ensure that our pupils are characterised by their good manners and excellent behaviour.   A very active Parent Council provides support to the school and opportunities for parents to be involved in the life of the school.

Throughout the year we offer a very wide range of after-school activities, trips and visiting events.  We are proud of our many achievements which include film-making, music, sports and artistic productions.  We have formed a strong link with a school in Malawi and several exchange visits have taken place.

The school gained an excellent report from Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in December 2007 and was recently designated a Scottish School of Ambition. To view the latest inspection report please click on the link at the bottom of this page. (Documents available on this website require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. To download this software, click here).

The staff forms a close, skilled and highly committed team who all live locally.   We think our school is very special.

Thank you for visiting our web site.   You would be most welcome to visit us in person.

For further information, please contact the Head Teacher or e-mail us. You may like to look at our School Handbook which gives more detail about the staff and the organization of the school. A 5-minute video 'Reasons to be Proud' showing glimpses of school life and activities is also available. For e-mail, Handbook and Video, click on links at the bottom of this page. (NB Video requires Quicktime Player. To download Player, click here).

Click here to view our latest Inspection Report.