Nurseries in Lochgelly

There are 11 nurseries and pre-schools on the Care Inspectorate register in Lochgelly, and 1 other childcare setting such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Lochgelly

Care Inspectorate grades: 11 settings (1 Excellent, 27 Very good, 15 Good)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

6 registered childminders in Lochgelly (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

Benarty Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 8DA, 44 places
Care Inspectorate, 26 January 2023: Very good in 4 key questions
Cardenden Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 0EW, 40 places
Care Inspectorate, 21 May 2026: Good in 4 key questions
Denend Nursery - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 0BS, 30 places
Care Inspectorate, 19 May 2026: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
Dunmore Nursery School - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 8JS, 70 places
Care Inspectorate, 10 January 2024: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
Kinglassie Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 0YE, 35 places
Care Inspectorate, 20 June 2023: Very good in 4 key questions
Lochgelly South Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 9LW, 24 places
Care Inspectorate, 27 October 2025: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 2 key questions
Lochgelly West Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 9NS, 30 places
Care Inspectorate, 1 December 2017: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
Noah's Ark Children's Nursery - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 9DH, 40 places
Care Inspectorate, 29 August 2024: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
St. Kenneth's R C Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 8NQ, 40 places
Care Inspectorate, 24 August 2023: Very good in 4 key questions
St. Ninian's R C Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 0JJ, 30 places
Care Inspectorate, 12 September 2023: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
Sunflower Family Nurture Centre - Nursery, Lochgelly KY5 9QY, 133 places
Care Inspectorate, 29 November 2022: Excellent in 1 key question, Very good in 3 key questions

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

St Kenneth's Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Lochgelly KY5 8NQ, 32 places
Care Inspectorate, 31 January 2023: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions

Nursery groups with settings here

Fife Council (11 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

Nurseries in Fife

Schools in Lochgelly

Schools in Lochgelly
Lochgelly South Primary School - Primary
Lochgelly West Primary School - Primary
St Patrick's R C Primary School - Primary

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