Hilton Early Learning and Childcare
Hilton Early Learning and Childcare is a nursery in Inverness, with 129 registered places. Care Inspectorate, 22 May 2025: Good in 3 key questions, Adequate in 1 key question.
Hilton Primary School, Temple Crescent, Inverness, IV2 4TP
Hilton Early Learning and Childcare is at Hilton Primary School.
Key facts
- Type
- Nursery (Day Care of Children (under 3s); Nursery; School Age Child Care) (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered places
- 129 (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
Hilton Early Learning and Childcare is run by Highland Council (Care Inspectorate register).
Latest inspection
- Setting: Good
- Leadership: Good
- Staff team: Adequate
- Care, play and learning: Good
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026, inspection on 22 May 2025, report published 29 August 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Complaints, enforcements and requirements
- 2025-26: requirements: Inspected but no requirements
- 2024-25: 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)
Other nurseries nearby
- The Butterfly Rooms - Nursery, Inverness IV2 4HZ, 20 places, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 14 June 2022: Good in 4 key questions
- Cauldeen Primary School Acorn Nursery - Nursery, Inverness IV2 4HZ, 70 places, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 10 June 2026: Very good in 1 key question, Adequate in 2 key questions, Weak in 1 key question
- Drakies Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Inverness IV2 3SG, 66 places, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 28 September 2022: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
- Inshes Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Inverness IV2 3RF, 76 places, 0.7 milesCare Inspectorate, 13 February 2026: Good in 4 key questions
- Crown Primary Nursery Class - Nursery, Inverness IV2 3JT, 45 places, 0.8 milesCare Inspectorate, 4 December 2025: Good in 4 key questions
Schools nearby
- Hilton Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles
- Cauldeen Primary School - Primary, 0.5 miles
- Drakies Primary School - Primary, 0.5 miles
- Inshes Primary School - Primary, 0.7 miles
- Drummond School - Special, 0.8 miles
Hilton Early Learning and Childcare on the Care Inspectorate website