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Sgoil Araich Ghaidhlig Loch Abar

Provider Highland Council Type Day Care of Children Location Fort William Last graded 7 Jan 2026

Recorded Key Question grade range: 2–3 — Weak  View on Care Inspectorate

Key Question scores

Six-point scale
Support and wellbeing
—
Care and support planning
3
Setting
3
Staff team
—
Leadership
2
Care, play and learning
3

Requirements & recommendations

1 requirement · 2 recommendations

Verbatim text from the Care Inspectorate datastore. Requirements cite a specific regulation and deadline; recommendations are good-practice guidance against the Health and Social Care Standards.

Visit: 11 June 2026
Recommendation 1

1. To support improved outcomes for children the provider should further develop and embed effective systems of quality assurance. This should include but is not limited to: a) All quality assurance, self-evaluation and monitoring is managed by the leadership team within the service. b) Staff continue to be supported to develop their knowledge and understanding of self-evaluation processes and to increase their involvement in continuous improvement work. This is in order to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards, which state that: 'I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).

Visit: 11 November 2025
Requirement 1 Met

1. By 9 March 2026, the provider must ensure that management arrangements are robust and effective in delivering safe, high-quality outcomes for children. To do this the provider must, at a minimum, ensure: a) Effective systems are put in place for monitoring the effectiveness of the leadership arrangements.

This is to comply with Regulation 4 (1)(a)(b) (welfare of Users) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011(SSI 2011/10). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).

Regulation 4 (1)(a)(b) (welfare of Users) of The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011(SSI 2011/10) · Deadline: 9 March 2026
Visit: 4 June 2025
Recommendation 1 Met

1. The provider should develop children’s personal plans and support staff to use this information effectively to support meeting children's health, welfare and safety needs. To do this, the provider should, at a minimum, ensure: a) personal plans set out children’s current needs and how they will be met; b) personal plans are regularly reviewed and updated in partnership with families. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which state that: ‘My personal plan (sometimes referred to as a care plan) is right for me because it sets out how my needs will be met, as well as my wishes and choices’. (HSCS 1.15).

Conditions of registration

As published by the Care Inspectorate

Number(s) and Age(s) of person(s) to whom service may be provided:

1. To provide a care service to a maximum of 50 children aged 3 years to those attending primary school.

Registry facts

Service no: CS2003013559
Provider no: SP2003001693
Ownership: Local Authority
Registered places: 50
Registered: 1 April 2002
Council area: Highland
Health board: Highland
Integration authority: Highland
Risk band: HIGH