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.

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.The staff forms a close, skilled and highly committed team who all live locally.

We think our school is very special.