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Nurseries in Duns

There are 6 nurseries and pre-schools on the Care Inspectorate register in Duns, and 1 other childcare setting such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Duns

  • Care Inspectorate grades: 6 settings (11 Very good, 7 Good, 6 Adequate)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 4 registered childminders in Duns (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

  • Chirnside Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Duns TD11 3XH, 61 places
    Care Inspectorate, 5 February 2024: Good in 4 key questions
  • Duns Community Nursery - Nursery, Duns TD11 3AU, 35 places
    Care Inspectorate, 17 November 2025: Good in 1 key question, Adequate in 3 key questions
  • Duns Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Duns TD11 3AG, 80 places
    Care Inspectorate, 17 March 2026: Good in 1 key question, Adequate in 3 key questions
  • Fogo Nursery - Nursery, Duns TD11 3RA, 30 places
    Care Inspectorate, 29 January 2020: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Greenlaw Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Duns TD10 6XJ, 21 places
    Care Inspectorate, 2 March 2026: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Swinton Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Duns TD11 3JE, 21 places
    Care Inspectorate, 2 December 2021: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Allsorts Childcare Centre - Out-of-school club, Duns TD11 3QG, 26 places
    Care Inspectorate, 12 August 2026: Good in 4 key questions

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 Duns

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