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Nurseries and day care for children in Aberdeen City
134 nurseries and day care for children in Aberdeen City, run by 41 providers. Of the 130 with Care Inspectorate grades, 121 (93%) have no area graded below Good.
Registered services
134
run by 41 providers
Average grade
4.4 / 6
Scotland: 4.4. The mean of each service's key-question grades.
Graded in the last 12 months
22%
30 of 134. A grade describes a service on the day it was inspected.
How nurseries and day care for children in Aberdeen City are graded
Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 130 of 134 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.
- Excellent (6) 0
- Very good (5) 30
- Good (4) 91
- Adequate (3) 9
- Weak (2) 0
- Unsatisfactory (1) 0
Nurseries and day care for children in Aberdeen City
| Service | Town | Lowest grade | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotswell Primary School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Apr 2023 |
| Aberdeen School for the Deaf | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jun 2019 |
| ALC - Little Learners | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jun 2022 |
| Amber Kindergarten | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Feb 2023 |
| Ashley Road School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Feb 2020 |
| Braehead Primary School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Apr 2024 |
| Bright Horizons @ 24 St. Swithin Street | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jul 2026 |
| Bright Horizons Early Learning and Childcare 44 St. Swithin | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jul 2020 |
| Charleston School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Sep 2020 |
| Copper Pots Day Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jun 2025 |
| Countesswells Out of School Care | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Nov 2022 |
| Duthie Park Outdoor Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jun 2023 |
| Great Western OOSC @Holburn West | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Sep 2018 |
| Great Western Out of School Club @ Ashley Road School | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jan 2025 |
| Great Western Out of School Club @ Kingswells | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jun 2018 |
| Great Western Pre-School @ Great Western Road | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Mar 2025 |
| Hazlehead Park Outdoor Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Sep 2023 |
| Hazlehead Primary School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Nov 2024 |
| Little Acorns Day Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jul 2024 |
| Loirston School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Sep 2022 |
| Manor Park School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Nov 2019 |
| Oldmachar Out of School Clubs Ltd | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Apr 2026 |
| Seaton School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Mar 2024 |
| Skene Square Primary School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | May 2024 |
| St. Margaret's School for Girls After School Care | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jul 2026 |
| The Broomhill Nursery (Aberdeen) Limited @ Fonthill | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jan 2020 |
| The Links Nursery and Hub | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Jun 2026 |
| Tullos School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Sep 2026 |
| Westpark School Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Dec 2018 |
| Woodend Nursery | Aberdeen | 5 Very good | Dec 2023 |
See all 134 in the directory, with filters and search →
Premium and Featured listings are promoted placements (the provider pays, or occasionally we give a plan) and appear first. They never change a grade.
Where nurseries and day care for children are in Aberdeen City
The wider picture in Aberdeen City
- 33 adults were waiting in hospital to leave in September 2026 (Public Health Scotland).
- 19,294 people are aged 75 or over, projected to be 24,249 by 2036 (National Records of Scotland).
- 42% of registered care services reported staff vacancies at 31 December 2024 (SSSC and Care Inspectorate; all types of service).
Common questions
How many nurseries and day care for children are there in Aberdeen City?
There are 134 registered with the Care Inspectorate and listed here (data as at 30 September 2026). The same address can hold more than one registration, so this is a count of registrations, not buildings.
How are nurseries and day care for children in Aberdeen City graded?
The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 130 of these have published grades. For 121 of them the lowest grade is Good (4) or better, and for 0 it is Weak (2) or Unsatisfactory (1). A service with no grade has not been graded yet, which is common for new registrations.
How recently have they been inspected?
30 of the 134 were graded in the last 12 months. Each service page shows the date, because a grade describes the service on the day it was inspected.
How do I choose one?
Use the grades as a starting point, not a verdict: read the latest inspection report on the Care Inspectorate's own page for each service, visit if you can, and ask the questions that matter to you. Your council's social work department or health and social care partnership can also help. We do not recommend any one service.
Other care in Aberdeen City
Nurseries and day care for children 134 Childminders 88 Care at home services 76 Housing support services 54 Care homes 46 All care in Aberdeen City
Source: Care Inspectorate open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0, as at 30 September 2026. Grades are never changed or estimated here. This is not a recommendation or care advice: see how to use this site and about the data.