Whiteness Early Years
Whiteness Early Years is a nursery in Shetland, with 24 registered places. Care Inspectorate, 10 June 2024: Very good in 4 key questions.
Whiteness Primary School, Whiteness, Shetland, ZE2 9LJ
Whiteness Early Years is at Whiteness Primary School.
Key facts
- Type
- Nursery (Day Care of Children (under 3s); Nursery) (Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026)
- Registered places
- 24 (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
Whiteness Early Years is run by Shetland Islands Council (Care Inspectorate register).
Latest inspection
- Setting: Very good
- Leadership: Very good
- Staff team: Very good
- Care, play and learning: Very good
Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, as at 30 September 2026, inspection on 10 June 2024, report published 17 September 2024. 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)
Schools nearby
- Whiteness Primary School - Primary, under 0.1 miles