Ness Castle Nursery
Ness Castle Nursery is a nursery in Inverness, with 110 registered places. Care Inspectorate, 11 December 2025: Good in 1 key question, Adequate in 3 key questions.
Ness Castle Primary School, Brodie Road, Inverness, IV2 6FW
Ness Castle Nursery is at Ness Castle Primary School.
Key facts
- Type
- Nursery (Day Care of Children (over 3s); Nursery; School Age Child Care) (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered places
- 110 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Provider type
- Local Authority (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered
- 15 August 2022 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
Who runs it
Ness Castle Nursery is run by Highland Council (Care Inspectorate register).
Latest inspection
- Setting: Good
- Leadership: Adequate
- Staff team: Adequate
- Care, play and learning: Adequate
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026, inspection on 11 December 2025, report published 23 January 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Complaints, enforcements and requirements
- 2025-26: requirements: Inspected but no requirements
- 2024-25: requirements: Yes
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
- Holm Early Learning and Childcare Centre - Nursery, Inverness IV2 4YL, 86 places, 0.7 milesCare Inspectorate, 22 September 2022: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
- Lochardil Early Learning and Childcare Setting - Nursery, Inverness IV2 4LB, 80 places, 1.2 milesCare Inspectorate, 26 February 2026: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
- Busy Bees@ Inverness - Nursery, Inverness IV2 4JY, 82 places, 1.3 milesCare Inspectorate, 13 February 2026: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
- Bun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir Nis - Nursery, Inverness IV2 6BA, 126 places, 1.3 milesCare Inspectorate, 29 November 2022: Very good in 4 key questions
- The Butterfly Rooms - Nursery, Inverness IV2 4HZ, 20 places, 1.7 milesCare Inspectorate, 14 June 2022: Good in 4 key questions
Schools nearby
- Ness Castle Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles
- Holm Primary School - Primary, 0.7 miles
- Inverness Royal Academy - Secondary, 1.0 miles
- Lochardil Primary School - Primary, 1.2 miles
- Bun-sgoil Ghaidhlig Inbhir Nis - Primary, 1.3 miles