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Orkney Islands

Term dates for Orkney Islands, and which local schools follow them.

Who these dates actually bind

Since 2013, academies, free schools, voluntary aided and foundation schools have set their own term dates. Only community and voluntary controlled schools must follow the council. In Orkney Islands that splits like this.

22 bound
0 set their own
22
schools and PRUs
22
community and voluntary controlled — these dates are the law for them
0%
set their own term dates

We don’t have Orkney Islands’s term dates yet

When we have them they will apply to the 22 community and voluntary controlled schools below.

Schools in Orkney Islands

Largest first. 22 in total.

  1. Burray Primary School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  2. Dounby Community School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  3. Eday Primary School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  4. Evie Primary School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  5. Firth Primary School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  6. Glaitness School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  7. Hope Primary School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  8. Kirkwall Grammar School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  9. North Ronaldsay Primary School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  10. North Walls Community School Local Authority · ORKNEY Follows council
  11. Orphir Community School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  12. Papa Westray Community School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  13. Papdale Primary School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  14. Rousay Primary School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  15. Sanday Community School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  16. Shapinsay Community School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  17. St Andrew's Primary School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  18. Stenness Community School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  19. Stromness Academy Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  20. Stromness Primary School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  21. Stronsay Junior High School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council
  22. Westray Junior High School Local Authority · Orkney Follows council

About this page

Establishment data from Get Information about Schools, as at 31 January 2026. The split between bound and self-setting schools is derived from each school’s establishment type, not estimated.

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