Sandbank Primary Pre Five Unit
Sandbank Primary Pre Five Unit is a nursery in Dunoon, with 40 registered places. Care Inspectorate, 20 March 2026: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question.
Sandbank Primary School, Sandbank, High Road, Dunoon, PA23 8PW
Sandbank Primary Pre Five Unit is at Sandbank Primary School.
Key facts
- Type
- Nursery (Day Care of Children (over 3s); Nursery) (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered places
- 40 (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
Sandbank Primary Pre Five Unit is run by Argyll and Bute Council (Care Inspectorate register).
Latest inspection
- Setting: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
- Care, play and learning: Good
- Care and support planning: Very good
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026, inspection on 20 March 2026, report published 2 April 2026. 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
- Kirn Primary Pre Five Unit - Nursery, Kirn PA23 8EH, 40 places, 1.1 milesCare Inspectorate, 30 January 2026: Very good in 4 key questions
- Silver Birch Outdoor Nursery - Nursery, Dunoon PA23 8JU, 24 places, 1.2 milesCare Inspectorate, 15 June 2023: Good in 4 key questions
- Clyde Cottage Nursery Centre - Nursery, Dunoon PA23 8DB, 90 places, 1.3 milesCare Inspectorate, 3 November 2023: Good in 4 key questions
- Patchwork Family Centre SCIO - Nursery, Dunoon PA23 7PH, 36 places, 1.4 miles
Schools nearby
- Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit - Primary, under 0.1 miles
- Sandbank Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles
- Dunoon Grammar School - Secondary, 0.9 miles
- Kirn Primary School - Primary, 1.1 miles
- St Mun's Primary School - Primary, 1.3 miles
Sandbank Primary Pre Five Unit on the Care Inspectorate website