Portessie Playgroup
Portessie Playgroup is a pre-school in Buckie, with 26 registered places. Care Inspectorate, 24 April 2025: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions.
Portessie Primary School, School Road, Portessie, Buckie, AB56 1TN
Portessie Playgroup is at Portessie Primary School.
Key facts
- Type
- Pre-school (Day Care of Children (under 3s); Playgroup) (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered places
- 26 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Provider type
- Voluntary or Not for Profit (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered
- 1 April 2002 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
Who runs it
Portessie Playgroup is run by Portessie Playgroup an Association (Care Inspectorate register).
Latest inspection
- Setting: Very good
- Leadership: Good
- Staff team: Very good
- Care, play and learning: Good
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026, inspection on 24 April 2025, report published 29 May 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Complaints, enforcements and requirements
- 2025-26: 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
- The Teddy Bear Developmental Playgroup - Pre-school, Buckie AB56 4BX, 10 places, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 28 November 2024: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
- Lady Cathcart Nursery - Nursery, Buckie AB56 1AZ, 50 places, 1.1 milesCare Inspectorate, 29 May 2025: Good in 4 key questions
- Millbank Nursery - Nursery, Buckie AB56 1LU, 40 places, 1.1 milesCare Inspectorate, 11 December 2019: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
- Rainbow Days - Nursery, Buckie AB56 1BP, 24 places, 1.2 milesCare Inspectorate, 26 October 2023: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
- St. Peter's RC Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Buckie AB56 1QN, 40 places, 1.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 4 June 2026: Very good in 1 key question, Good in 3 key questions
Schools nearby
- Portessie Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles
- Millbank Primary School - Primary, 1.1 miles
- Cluny Primary School - Primary, 1.2 miles
- Buckie High School - Secondary, 1.4 miles
- Findochty Primary School - Primary, 1.5 miles