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Shetland Islands Council

Shetland Islands Council runs 19 childcare settings on the Care Inspectorate register in Shetland Islands, with 672 registered places between them. 9 of them have a published inspection report we summarise in full, linked below.

How Shetland Islands Council's settings were graded

  • Care Inspectorate grades: 19 settings (43 Very good, 31 Good, 2 Adequate)

Each setting is inspected on its own, so grades differ from one to the next. Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Settings run by Shetland Islands Council

  • Dunrossness Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9JG, 30 places
    Care Inspectorate, 16 September 2026: Good in 2 key questions, Adequate in 2 key questions
  • Fair Isle Pre-School - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9JU, 6 places
    Care Inspectorate, 27 November 2025: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Happyhansel Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9PG, 20 places
    Care Inspectorate, 17 September 2025: Good in 4 key questions
  • Lunnasting Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9QB, 15 places
    Care Inspectorate, 2 May 2025: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Mid Yell Junior High Nursery School - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9BN, 22 places
    Care Inspectorate, 24 September 2024: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
  • Mossbank Wraparound Care - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9RB, 58 places
    Care Inspectorate, 18 September 2025: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Sandwick Junior High School Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9HH, 28 places
    Care Inspectorate, 5 June 2026: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Whalsay School Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9AQ, 32 places
    Care Inspectorate, 28 May 2024: Good in 4 key questions
  • Whiteness Early Years - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9LJ, 24 places
    Care Inspectorate, 10 June 2024: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Aith Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9NB, 32 places
    Care Inspectorate, 10 November 2023: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Baltasound Junior High School Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9DY, 30 places
    Care Inspectorate, 26 February 2019: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Bell's Brae Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE1 0QJ, 65 places
    Care Inspectorate, 16 September 2025: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
  • Brae High School Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9QJ, 55 places
    Care Inspectorate, 3 June 2026: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
  • Cunningsburgh Early Years - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9HB, 24 places
    Care Inspectorate, 13 March 2019: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
  • Lerwick Early Learning and Childcare - Nursery, Shetland ZE1 0EQ, 74 places
    Care Inspectorate, 29 April 2025: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Scalloway Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE1 0TN, 48 places
    Care Inspectorate, 15 September 2023: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Sound Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE1 0LY, 55 places
    Care Inspectorate, 30 June 2022: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Tingwall Nursery - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9SE, 32 places
    Care Inspectorate, 29 June 2022: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Urafirth Early Years - Nursery, Shetland ZE2 9RH, 22 places
    Care Inspectorate, 16 September 2026: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question

Where

Source: Care Inspectorate register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.