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Nurseries in Lochgilphead

There are 7 nurseries and pre-schools on the Care Inspectorate register in Lochgilphead, and 1 other childcare setting such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Lochgilphead

  • Care Inspectorate grades: 7 settings (7 Very good, 18 Good, 3 Adequate)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 2 registered childminders in Lochgilphead (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

  • Ardrishaig Early Learning and Childcare - Nursery, Lochgilphead PA30 8HF, 20 places
    Care Inspectorate, 24 October 2025: Good in 4 key questions
  • Bloomfield Childcare Lochgilphead - Nursery, Lochgilphead PA31 8SF, 58 places
    Care Inspectorate, 16 January 2026: Good in 2 key questions, Adequate in 2 key questions
  • Craignish Primary Pre Five Unit - Nursery, Lochgilphead PA31 8QN, 16 places
    Care Inspectorate, 24 April 2026: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 1 key question, Adequate in 1 key question
  • Kilmartin Primary Pre Five Unit - Nursery, Lochgilphead PA31 8QF, 24 places
    Care Inspectorate, 6 June 2025: Good in 4 key questions
  • Lochgilphead Primary Pre Five Unit - Nursery, Lochgilphead PA31 8AA, 28 places
    Care Inspectorate, 26 February 2020: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
  • MAKI Pups - Nursery, Lochgilphead PA31 8RR, 24 places
    Care Inspectorate, 7 December 2021: Good in 4 key questions
  • Tayvallich Primary Pre Five Unit - Nursery, Lochgilphead PA31 8PW, 11 places
    Care Inspectorate, 3 March 2020: Very good in 4 key questions

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Lochgilphead After School Club - Out-of-school club, Lochgilphead PA31 8QX, 26 places
    Care Inspectorate, 21 September 2021: Good in 4 key questions

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 Lochgilphead

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