Care in Scotland
Nurseries and day care for children in East Ayrshire
51 nurseries and day care for children in East Ayrshire, run by 12 providers. Of the 50 with Care Inspectorate grades, 47 (94%) have no area graded below Good.
Registered services
51
run by 12 providers
Average grade
4.4 / 6
Scotland: 4.4. The mean of each service's key-question grades.
Graded in the last 12 months
24%
12 of 51. A grade describes a service on the day it was inspected.
How nurseries and day care for children in East Ayrshire are graded
Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 50 of 51 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.
- Excellent (6) 0
- Very good (5) 11
- Good (4) 36
- Adequate (3) 3
- Weak (2) 0
- Unsatisfactory (1) 0
Nurseries and day care for children in East Ayrshire
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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 East Ayrshire
Kilmarnock 30 Cumnock 6 Ayr 4 Mauchline 4 Dalmellington 3 Darvel 1 Fenwick 1 Galston 1 Newmilns 1
The wider picture in East Ayrshire
- 48 adults were waiting in hospital to leave in September 2026 (Public Health Scotland).
- 12,602 people are aged 75 or over, projected to be 15,312 by 2036 (National Records of Scotland).
- 55% 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 East Ayrshire?
There are 51 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 East Ayrshire graded?
The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 50 of these have published grades. For 47 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?
12 of the 51 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 East Ayrshire
Childminders 91 Nurseries and day care for children 51 Care at home services 31 Housing support services 27 Care homes 23 All care in East Ayrshire
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.