Dunrossness Nursery
Dunrossness Nursery is a nursery in Shetland, with 30 registered places. Care Inspectorate, 16 September 2026: Good in 2 key questions, Adequate in 2 key questions.
Dunrossness Primary School, Dunrossness, Shetland, ZE2 9JG
Dunrossness Nursery is at Dunrossness Primary School.
Key facts
- Type
- Nursery (Day Care of Children (over 3s); Nursery; School Age Child Care) (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered places
- 30 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Provider type
- Local Authority (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered
- 1 April 2002 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
Who runs it
Dunrossness Nursery is run by Shetland Islands Council (Care Inspectorate register).
Latest inspection
- Setting: Good
- Leadership: Good
- Staff team: Adequate
- Care, play and learning: Adequate
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026, inspection on 16 September 2026, report published 10 May 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Complaints, enforcements and requirements
- 2026-27: requirements: Inspected but no requirements
- 2025-26: requirements: Inspected but no requirements
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Care Inspectorate grades (Scotland)
The Care Inspectorate grades day care of children against key questions such as care, play and learning; setting; staff team; and leadership. Each is graded on a six-point scale: 6 Excellent, 5 Very good, 4 Good, 3 Adequate, 2 Weak, 1 Unsatisfactory.
Not every key question is graded at every inspection, so two settings may show different questions.
Source: Care Inspectorate
Funded early learning and childcare in Scotland
3 to 5 year olds can get up to 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare a year. That is around 30 hours a week if used only in school term time, or around 22 hours a week if used all year.
Some 2 year olds can get funded early learning and childcare too.
Source: mygov.scot: Funded early learning and childcare (checked 31 October 2026)
Schools nearby
- Dunrossness Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles