St. Joseph's Primary Family Learning Centre
St. Joseph's Primary Family Learning Centre is a nursery in Helensburgh, with 56 registered places. Care Inspectorate, 23 September 2025: Very good in 4 key questions.
St. Joseph's Primary School, Old Luss Road, Helensburgh, G84 7LR
St. Joseph's Primary Family Learning Centre is at St Joseph's Primary School.
Key facts
- Type
- Nursery (Day Care of Children (over 3s); Nursery) (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered places
- 56 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Provider type
- Local Authority (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered
- 10 September 2013 (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
Who runs it
St. Joseph's Primary Family Learning Centre is run by Argyll and Bute Council (Care Inspectorate register).
Latest inspection
- Setting: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
- Care, play and learning: Very good
- Care and support planning: Very good
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026, inspection on 23 September 2025, report published 21 October 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
- John Logie Baird Primary Pre 5 - Nursery, Helensburgh G84 9EP, 75 places, 0.2 milesCare Inspectorate, 7 November 2022: Very good in 3 key questions, Good in 1 key question
- Drumfork Forest School and Out of School - Nursery, Helensburgh G84 9HL, 16 places, 0.3 milesCare Inspectorate, 12 October 2022: Good in 4 key questions
- Drumfork Nursery and Family Centre - Nursery, Helensburgh G84 9HL, 76 places, 0.3 milesCare Inspectorate, 13 May 2026: Good in 1 key question, Adequate in 3 key questions
- Colgrain Primary Pre Five Unit - Nursery, Helensburgh G84 7TZ, 40 places, 0.4 milesCare Inspectorate, 9 September 2024: Very good in 4 key questions
- Mulberry Bush Nursery - Nursery, Helensburgh G84 7EY, 114 places, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 11 November 2019: Excellent in 1 key question, Very good in 2 key questions, Good in 1 key question
Schools nearby
- St Joseph's Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles
- John Logie Baird Primary School - Primary, 0.2 miles
- Colgrain Primary School - Primary, 0.4 miles
- Parklands School - Special, 0.5 miles
- Hermitage Primary School - Primary, 0.5 miles
St. Joseph's Primary Family Learning Centre on the Care Inspectorate website