Scotland’s best and worst nurseries, based on Care Inspectorate gradings, have been revealed in a new league table by The Times and The Sunday Times.
The regulator awards grades ranging from six points for excellent to one point for unsatisfactory. The grades are applied across four categories - setting, staff, leadership and quality of care, and play and learning.
Using official data published by the care regulator, The Times and Sunday Times have published a full Scottish childcare league table.
Under the gradings system, the maximum combined points achievable is 24, and the minimum is 4 - which would mean the nursery was graded unsatisfactory in every category.
You can find out the top ranked nurseries here.
Touch Trust in Dunfermline was the only childcare provider that received unsatisfactory grades across the board. A spokesperson for the Care Inspectorate on June 24 said its recent inspection had “identified serious and significant concerns” about the quality of care experienced by children.
Its inspection report highlighted concerns about medication not being safely managed, children playing where there was dog faeces and moving vehicles, and the unsafe transportation of children.
The regulator issued an improvement notice threatening the provider with closure if it did not make urgent changes.
The Times reported that Touch Trust has complied with most of the improvement notices - and has been granted more time to deal with one outstanding concern.
Based on the league table, here are the worst rated nurseries in Scotland:
9. Thrive Childcare and Education Happitots Cove Bay, Aberdeen
Score: 8. Thrive Childcare and Education Happitots Cove Bay is based in the residential area of Cove Bay and provides day care to children from birth and entry into full time primary school. While the provider was given a score of 8 in the league table, according to a recent inspectorate report in June, the nursery was given a score of 3 for care, play and learning, 4 for setting, 4 for leadership and 3 for staff team. That adds up to a score of 14 | Google Maps