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Nurseries in Stranraer

There are 8 nurseries and pre-schools on the Care Inspectorate register in Stranraer.

Inspection grades in Stranraer

  • Care Inspectorate grades: 8 settings (2 Excellent, 16 Very good, 12 Good, 2 Adequate)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 6 registered childminders in Stranraer (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

  • Belmont Nursery - Nursery, Stranraer DG9 7BH, 56 places
    Care Inspectorate, 30 May 2024: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Busy Bees Nursery (Stranraer) - Nursery, Stranraer DG9 8BF, 66 places
    Care Inspectorate, 9 July 2025: Good in 4 key questions
  • Drummore Nursery Class - Nursery, Stranraer DG9 9PY, 15 places
    Care Inspectorate, 26 May 2023: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Kirkcolm Under 5's - Nursery, Stranraer DG9 0NS, 28 places
    Care Inspectorate, 17 June 2026: Excellent in 1 key question, Good in 2 key questions, Adequate in 1 key question
  • Park Nursery - Nursery, Stranraer DG9 7NW, 90 places
    Care Inspectorate, 30 January 2024: Excellent in 1 key question, Very good in 3 key questions
  • Rephad Nursery - Nursery, Stranraer DG9 8BQ, 58 places
    Care Inspectorate, 4 February 2026: Good in 3 key questions, Adequate in 1 key question
  • Sandhead Nursery - Nursery, Stranraer DG9 9JD, 30 places
    Care Inspectorate, 7 September 2023: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
  • Sheuchan Nursery - Nursery, Stranraer DG9 0AL, 50 places
    Care Inspectorate, 11 June 2025: Very 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 Stranraer

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