Source · Care Inspectorate

Gallatown Nursery

Provider Fife Council Type Day Care of Children Location Kirkcaldy Last graded 17 Jun 2026

Recorded Key Question grade range: 5 — Very good  View on Care Inspectorate

Key Question scores

Six-point scale
Support and wellbeing
Care and support planning
5
Setting
5
Staff team
Leadership
5
Care, play and learning
5

Requirements & recommendations

0 requirements · 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: 18 June 2025
Recommendation 1 Met

1. To improve outcomes through quality assurance, the leadership team should work with staff to agree how they will be supported in their role. Monitoring should clear, give constructive feedback with agreed action points. Follow up should be scheduled to support ensure action points have been achieved. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states: 'I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).

Recommendation 2 Met

1. To ensure all staff are supported and children have positive outcomes, arrangements should be put in place so there is a fair and equitable approach to deploying staff across the day. This should include leaders are more visible in the extended day provision. More formal systems need to be in place should staff need support at the end of the day. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states: "I am supported ad cared for sensitively by people who anticipate issues and are aware of and plan for any known vulnerability or frailty."

Conditions of registration

As published by the Care Inspectorate

To provide a care service to a maximum of 141 children at one time aged from 2 years to an age to attend primary school of whom no more than 30 may be age 23 years.

Adult:child ratios will be: 3 years - 1:5 3 years and over - 1:8 if the children attend more than 4 hours per day or 1:10 if the children attend for less than 4 hours per day.

The manager is also the manager of CS2003015930 Fair Isle Family Nurture Centre Fair Isle Road Kirkcaldy KY2 6EG.

Registry facts

Service no: CS2003015886
Provider no: SP2004005267
Ownership: Local Authority
Registered places: 141
Registered: 1 April 2002
Council area: Fife
Health board: Fife
Integration authority: Fife
Risk band: LOW