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Nurseries in Leven

There are 14 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted and Care Inspectorate registers in Leven, and 4 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Leven

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 1 setting (1 Good)
  • Care Inspectorate grades: 13 settings (2 Excellent, 33 Very good, 17 Good)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 15 registered childminders in Leven (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

  • Balcurvie Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Leven KY8 5DY, 50 places
    Care Inspectorate, 20 June 2024: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Buckhaven Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Leven KY8 1JZ, 50 places
    Care Inspectorate, 30 January 2023: Good in 4 key questions
  • Denbeath Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Leven KY8 1JG, 24 places
    Care Inspectorate, 28 March 2025: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Fishbowl Nursery - Pre-school, Leven KY8 3EF, 30 places
    Care Inspectorate, 10 March 2020: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Kennoway Primary & Community School Nursery - Nursery, Leven KY8 5LW, 90 places
    Care Inspectorate, 4 September 2024: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Largo Playgroup - Pre-school, Leven KY8 6AJ, 24 places
    Care Inspectorate, 27 November 2024: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Leven Pre-School - Day nursery, Leven HU17 5NF, ages 2 to 4, 18 places
    Ofsted, 24 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lundin Mill Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Leven KY8 6HY, 22 places
    Care Inspectorate, 16 January 2023: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Methilhill Nature Nursery - Nursery, Leven KY8 2GW, 32 places
    Care Inspectorate, 13 June 2023: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
  • Mountfleurie Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Leven KY8 4AZ, 74 places
    Care Inspectorate, 20 November 2024: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
  • Paxton Nursery - Nursery, Leven KY8 3LX, 90 places
    Care Inspectorate, 20 September 2023: Excellent in 2 key questions, Very good in 2 key questions
  • Peek-a-Boo Nursery Leven - Nursery, Leven KY8 4BX, 49 places
    Care Inspectorate, 6 February 2024: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
  • St. Agatha's R C Primary Nursery - Nursery, Leven KY8 5BL, 48 places
    Care Inspectorate, 21 November 2019: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Viewforth Nursery - Nursery, Leven KY8 4HJ, 60 places
    Care Inspectorate, 22 February 2023: Very good in 4 key questions

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Kennoway Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Leven KY8 5LW, 24 places
    Care Inspectorate, 16 January 2025: Good in 4 key questions
  • Mountfleurie Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Leven KY8 4AZ, 40 places
    Care Inspectorate, 26 June 2026: Good in 1 key question, Adequate in 3 key questions
  • Parkhill Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Leven KY8 4LP, 24 places
  • Woodlands Family Nurture Centre - Childcare setting, Leven KY8 3LE, 112 places
    Care Inspectorate, 22 February 2024: Excellent in 1 key question, Very good in 3 key questions

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

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 childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

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 Leven

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