Hello! Thank you so much for visiting our website and a very warm welcome from the UK’s most geographically remote primary school! We are a peerie (that’s Shetland dialect for small) non-denominational school situated in Fair Isle, Shetland.
We now have 5 wonderful children in our multi-composite primary class with 1 pre-school child in our nursery, who regularly works alongside the older children in lots of different ways. We are also part of a Shared Headship and are linked with Sandwick Junior High School on Mainland Shetland. Our children love nothing more than being outdoors, being involved at the heart of the community here, leading their learning and being curious about the beautiful environment they live in.
Fair Isle is Britain’s most remote-inhabited island. It is three miles long and one mile wide. There is approximately 26 miles of coastline if you walk every bay and headland. Fair Isle is situated almost halfway between mainland Shetland and the island of North Ronaldsay in Orkney; it is approximately 25 miles away from both. If you travel west from Fair Isle, the next land you would reach is Canada. Directly east is Norway. To discover more about the unique context of our island, please do watch this fabulous video produced by Promote Shetland, which does indeed feature the school.
Fair Isle, Shetland
We hope you find this website useful. We welcome feedback so please do let us know if you spot any errors or have any useful suggestions.
Our Staff:
Shared Headteacher (Sandwick and Fair Isle): Miss C. Ford
Principal Teacher: Mr J. Pye
Early Years Practitioner: Mrs H. Shaw
Clerical Assistant: Miss A. Stout
Music Instructor: Mrs P. Thomson
Art Instructor: Mrs F. Mitchell
Lunchtime Supervisor: Mrs H. Shaw
School Cleaner: Mr D. King
Our School Day:
0900 School day begins
1030-1050 Morning break
1230-1315 Lunchtime
1500 School day ends
Term Dates:
School Session Dates 2026-2027
Safety:
In Fair Isle Primary we take the safety of our pupils seriously. This is the link to the Safer Shetland web page, which covers many aspects of Safeguarding: https://www.safershetland.com/for-children-and-young-people.
Contact Details:
Address Fair Isle, Shetland, ZE2 9JU
Email fairisle@shetland.gov.uk
Tel. 01595 807246
