A new league table of nurseries in Scotland has revealed where in Edinburgh offers the best pre-school education.
The Times and Sunday Times recently published statistics based on latest Care Inspectorate inspections.
The regulator awards grades ranging from six points for ‘excellent’ to one point for ‘unsatisfactory’, across the four categories of ‘setting’, ‘staff’, ‘leadership’ and ‘quality of ‘care, play and learning’ - leading to a maximum combined points total of 24.
More than 1,000 nurseries have been graded since last September, when the 2023 league table was published.
But of those gradings not a single nursery in Scotland got a perfect score, with Seaton School Nursery, in Aberdeen, and Toronto Primary School Nursery Class, in West Lothian, performing best with a total of 22 points.
Meanwhile in Edinburgh, no inspection in the last year has been awarded more than 21 points - given to Calderglen Early Learning and Childcare, making it the joint 21st highest rated nursery in the city.
Here are the 11 nurseries in Scotland with the highest Care Inspectorate ratings - and when they were last inspected.
9. Hailesland Early Years Centre
Hailesland Early Years Centre, run by the City of Edinburgh Council, was also one point off a perfect score. It was inspected on July 13, 2018. | Google Maps
10. Tollcross Early Years Campus
The third of the four Capital nurseries to score one short of a perfect 24 is Tollcross Early Years Campus. Again run by the City of Edinburgh Council, it was inspected on May 3, 2018. | Google Maps
11. Oxgangs Primary School Nursery
Completing our list of the best Edinburgh nurseries is Oxgangs Primary, which also got a near-perfect score of 23. Run by the City of Edinburgh Council, it was inspected on March 6, 2018. | Google Maps