Both reports recognise successes, achievements and positive aspects of work at each school and highlight areas for improvement that the Comhairle and the schools are taking forward.
Sgoil an t-Òib
Education Scotland and the Care Inspectorate carried out a joint inspection of Sgoil an t-Òib in April 2025. The inspectors highlighted the school’s strong leadership, their focus on wellbeing and equality and the use of Gaelic as particular strengths.
The inspection has reported the following positive assessment of Sgoil an t-Òib’s performance against eight Quality Indicators across primary and nursery provisions.
| Quality indicators for the primary stages | Evaluation |
| Leadership of change | Very good |
| Learning, teaching and assessment | Very good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | Very good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | Good |
| Quality indicators for the nursery class | Evaluation |
| Leadership of change | Satisfactory |
| Learning, teaching and assessment | Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | Satisfactory |
Sir E Scott School
Education Scotland carried out an inspection of Sir E Scott School in March 2025. The inspectors highlighted pupil’s fluency of Gaelic and the relationships between staff and pupils as key positives for the school.
The inspectors gave the following assessment of Sir E Scott’s performance against four Quality Indicators.
| Quality indicators for the primary stages | Evaluation |
| Leadership of change | Weak |
| Learning, teaching and assessment | Satisfactory |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | Weak |
| Raising attainment and achievement | Satisfactory |
Donald Macleod, Chief Education Officer said:
“I welcome the publication of both reports for Harris schools today. They rightly identify the strengths and positive attributes of our schools, and I am particularly pleased to see the recognition for the very good work of Sgoil an t- Òib. We will continue to work with the school to build on this progress, including areas relating to the Sgoil Àraich provision."
“I recognise the good work that is highlighted in the report for Sir E Scott School in their report, the publication of which comes shortly after strong results for the school in SQA National Qualifications. I also understand the issues that inspectors highlighted in their findings and Comhairle officers will continue to work with the school to address the identified areas for improvement. This is work that has already commenced and is well under way at the school.””