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Nurseries and day care for children in Dundee City
75 nurseries and day care for children in Dundee City, run by 41 providers. Of the 70 with Care Inspectorate grades, 64 (91%) have no area graded below Good.
Registered services
75
run by 41 providers
Average grade
4.5 / 6
Scotland: 4.4. The mean of each service's key-question grades.
Graded in the last 12 months
20%
15 of 75. A grade describes a service on the day it was inspected.
How nurseries and day care for children in Dundee City are graded
Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 70 of 75 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.
- Excellent (6) 1
- Very good (5) 30
- Good (4) 33
- Adequate (3) 6
- Weak (2) 0
- Unsatisfactory (1) 0
Nurseries and day care for children in Dundee City
| Service | Town | Lowest grade | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlea Children's Centre | Dundee | 6 Excellent | Feb 2023 |
| Ardler Primary School Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Apr 2023 |
| Balgay Hill Nursery School | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jun 2024 |
| Ballumbie Early Years | Dundee | 5 Very good | Dec 2022 |
| Baluniefield Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Feb 2025 |
| Barnardo's Holiday Playscheme (Dudhope) | DUNDEE | 5 Very good | Nov 2024 |
| Barnhill Primary School Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Dec 2023 |
| Caird View Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jul 2022 |
| Camperdown Primary School Nursery Class | Dundee | 5 Very good | Nov 2023 |
| Coldside Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jun 2023 |
| Craigowl Primary School Nursery Class | Dundee | 5 Very good | Aug 2020 |
| Dens Road Primary School Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | May 2023 |
| Downfield Early Years Centre | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jun 2023 |
| Eastern Primary School Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Apr 2023 |
| Fintry Primary School Early Years Centre | Dundee | 5 Very good | Aug 2021 |
| Forthill Out of School Club | Dundee | 5 Very good | Feb 2024 |
| Forthill Primary School Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Mar 2024 |
| Frances Wright Nursery School | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jul 2025 |
| Glebelands Primary School Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Feb 2023 |
| Hillview Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Nov 2021 |
| Jessie Porter Nursery School | Dundee | 5 Very good | Mar 2024 |
| Learn and Grow Childcare | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jun 2026 |
| Little Scholars Day Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jun 2021 |
| Longhaugh Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jan 2023 |
| Menzieshill Nursery School | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jun 2024 |
| Mill Of Mains Primary School Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Apr 2023 |
| Ninewells Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jul 2026 |
| Quarry View Nursery | Dundee | 5 Very good | Jan 2024 |
| Rowantree Primary School Early Years Service | Dundee | 5 Very good | Nov 2022 |
| St. Mary's RC Primary Sch Nursery - Dundee | Dundee | 5 Very good | Feb 2026 |
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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 Dundee City
The wider picture in Dundee City
- 16 adults were waiting in hospital to leave in September 2026 (Public Health Scotland).
- 13,259 people are aged 75 or over, projected to be 15,902 by 2036 (National Records of Scotland).
- 46% 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 Dundee City?
There are 75 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 Dundee City graded?
The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 70 of these have published grades. For 64 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?
15 of the 75 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 Dundee City
Nurseries and day care for children 75 Care at home services 64 Childminders 58 Housing support services 47 Care homes 27 All care in Dundee 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.