Portknockie Nursery
Portknockie Nursery is a nursery in Buckie, with 20 registered places. Care Inspectorate, 5 December 2024: Good in 4 key questions.
Portknockie Primary School, King Edward Terrace, Portknockie, Buckie, AB56 4NX
Portknockie Nursery is at Portknockie Primary School.
Key facts
- Type
- Nursery (Day Care of Children (under 3s); Nursery) (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered places
- 20 (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
Portknockie Nursery is run by Portknockie Nursery (Care Inspectorate register).
Latest inspection
- Setting: Good
- Leadership: Good
- Staff team: Good
- Care, play and learning: Good
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026, inspection on 5 December 2024, report published 21 January 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Complaints, enforcements and requirements
- 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
- Cullen Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Buckie AB56 4UZ, 58 places, 1.7 milesCare Inspectorate, 24 June 2022: Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 2 key questions
- Findochty Primary School Nursery - Nursery, Buckie AB56 4QW, 20 places, 1.8 milesCare Inspectorate, 17 December 2024: Good in 4 key questions
Schools nearby
- Portknockie Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles