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Nurseries in Banchory

There are 9 nurseries and pre-schools on the Care Inspectorate register in Banchory, and 1 other childcare setting such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Banchory

  • Care Inspectorate grades: 9 settings (21 Very good, 15 Good)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 11 registered childminders in Banchory (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

  • Banchory Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Banchory AB31 4EH, 40 places
    Care Inspectorate, 21 March 2025: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Crossroads Nursery - Banchory - Nursery, Banchory AB31 6BX, 20 places
    Care Inspectorate, 26 May 2026: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Drumoak Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Banchory AB31 5DY, 30 places
    Care Inspectorate, 3 March 2023: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Hill of Banchory School Nursery - Nursery, Banchory AB31 5ZT, 60 places
    Care Inspectorate, 18 January 2023: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Sunshine Nursery Torphins Limited - Nursery, Banchory AB31 4JT, 87 places
    Care Inspectorate, 27 October 2022: Good in 4 key questions
  • The Hut - Lumphanan Preschool - Pre-school, Banchory AB31 4SU, 20 places
    Care Inspectorate, 6 February 2024: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
  • Thrive Banchory Riverview - Nursery, Banchory AB31 5YJ, 54 places
    Care Inspectorate, 5 November 2025: Good in 4 key questions
  • Torphins Playgroup - Pre-school, Banchory AB31 4JQ, 18 places
    Care Inspectorate, 28 August 2024: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Torphins School Nursery - Nursery, Banchory AB31 4JT, 20 places
    Care Inspectorate, 24 January 2025: Very good in 4 key questions

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Banchory Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Banchory AB31 5ZT, 64 places
    Care Inspectorate, 29 April 2026: Good in 3 key questions, Adequate in 1 key question

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 Banchory

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