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Nurseries in Thornhill

There are 4 nurseries and pre-schools on the Care Inspectorate and Care Inspectorate Wales registers in Thornhill, and 1 other childcare setting such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Thornhill

  • Care Inspectorate grades: 4 settings (11 Very good, 5 Good)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 3 registered childminders in Thornhill (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

  • Closeburn Nursery - Nursery, Thornhill DG3 5HP, 30 places
    Care Inspectorate, 5 March 2026: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
  • Moniaive Playcare - Nursery, Thornhill DG3 4EJ, 24 places
    Care Inspectorate, 26 September 2024: Very good in 4 key questions
  • Penpont, Keir and Tynron Pre-School - Nursery, Thornhill DG3 4BH, 20 places
    Care Inspectorate, 13 February 2019: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
  • Wallace Hall Nursery - Nursery, Thornhill DG3 5DS, 48 places
    Care Inspectorate, 23 November 2023: Very good in 4 key questions

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Stepping Stones 4 Schools Out of School & Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Thornhill CF14 9LA, 40 places
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 4 themes

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

Care Inspectorate Wales ratings

Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) rates childcare settings on four themes: well-being, care and development, environment, and leadership and management. Each theme is rated Excellent, Good, Adequate, Poor.

There is no overall rating: read the four themes together.

Source: Care Inspectorate Wales

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)

Funded childcare hours in Wales

Parents of 3 and 4 year olds can apply for up to 30 hours a week of government funded nursery education and childcare (the Childcare Offer for Wales): at least 10 hours of nursery education and up to 20 hours of childcare, for up to 48 weeks of the year. Nursery education hours are applied for separately, through your council.

Flying Start funds 12.5 hours a week of childcare for 2 year olds. It is being made available across Wales starting with the most disadvantaged areas.

Source: GOV.WALES: Get up to 30 hours of childcare for 3 and 4 year olds · GOV.WALES: Get help from Flying Start (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Thornhill

Sources: Care Inspectorate, Care Inspectorate Wales, registers as at 31 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.