Mount Pleasant Nursery
Mount Pleasant Nursery is a nursery in Thurso, with 60 registered places. Care Inspectorate, 13 May 2026: Good in 1 key question, Adequate in 2 key questions, Weak in 1 key question.
Mount Pleasant Primary School, Castletown Road, Thurso, KW14 8HL
Mount Pleasant Nursery is at Mount Pleasant Primary School.
Key facts
- Type
- Nursery (Day Care of Children (over 3s); Nursery) (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered places
- 60 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Provider type
- Local Authority (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered
- 1 April 2002 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
Who runs it
Mount Pleasant Nursery is run by Highland Council (Care Inspectorate register).
Latest inspection
- Setting: Good
- Leadership: Weak
- Care, play and learning: Adequate
- Care and support planning: Adequate
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026, inspection on 13 May 2026, report published 16 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Complaints, enforcements and requirements
- 2026-27: requirements: Inspected but no requirements
- 2025-26: requirements: Yes
- 2024-25: requirements: Inspected but no requirements
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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)
Other nurseries nearby
- Playden Nursery - Nursery, Thurso KW14 7DG, 20 places, 0.6 milesCare Inspectorate, 4 February 2026: Good in 4 key questions
- Miller Academy Early Learning and Childcare Centre - Nursery, Thurso KW14 7DH, 80 places, 0.6 milesCare Inspectorate, 27 September 2022: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
- Pennyland Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Thurso KW14 7NY, 72 places, 0.9 milesCare Inspectorate, 11 June 2024: Very good in 4 key questions
Schools nearby
- Mount Pleasant Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles
- Miller Academy Primary School - Primary, 0.6 miles
- Thurso High School - Secondary, 0.9 miles
- Pennyland Primary School - Primary, 0.9 miles