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Nurseries in Kirkwall

There are 3 nurseries and pre-schools on the Care Inspectorate register in Kirkwall.

Inspection grades in Kirkwall

  • Care Inspectorate grades: 3 settings (1 Excellent, 6 Very good, 4 Good)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 10 registered childminders in Kirkwall (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

  • Glaitness School Nursery - Nursery, Kirkwall KW15 1RP, 90 places
    Care Inspectorate, 19 September 2023: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
  • Papdale Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Kirkwall KW15 1PJ, 94 places
    Care Inspectorate, 23 June 2022: Excellent in 1 key question, Very good in 3 key questions
  • The Strynd Nursery - Nursery, Kirkwall KW15 1GS, 51 places
    Care Inspectorate, 6 March 2020: Very good in 2 key questions, Good 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 Kirkwall

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