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Nurseries in Alness

There are 5 nurseries and pre-schools on the Care Inspectorate register in Alness.

Inspection grades in Alness

  • Care Inspectorate grades: 5 settings (1 Excellent, 3 Very good, 13 Good, 3 Adequate)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 5 registered childminders in Alness (Care Inspectorate, as at 30 September 2026)

Childminders look after children in their own homes. We show how many are registered, not who they are.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Ankerville Nursery - Alness Ltd - Nursery, Alness IV17 0XS, 169 places
    Care Inspectorate, 19 August 2026: Excellent in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
  • Bridgend Nursery - Nursery, Alness IV17 0QA, 48 places
    Care Inspectorate, 9 November 2023: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • CALA Ardross ELC - Nursery, Alness IV17 0XW, 12 places
    Care Inspectorate, 1 May 2026: Good in 1 key question, Adequate in 3 key questions
  • Coulhill Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Alness IV17 0RD, 32 places
    Care Inspectorate, 20 April 2022: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
  • Obsdale Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Alness IV17 0TP, 30 places
    Care Inspectorate, 28 August 2023: Good in 4 key questions

Nursery groups with settings here

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)

Council area

Schools in Alness

Sources: Care Inspectorate, registers as at 30 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.