Spean Bridge Primary Nursery
Recorded Key Question grade range: 2–4 — Weak View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. By 20 August 2026, the provider must ensure that children are kept safe and healthy and their privacy and dignity is maintained by ensuring toilet and nappy changing facilities follow best practice guidance. This is to ensure that infection prevention and control practices are consistent with the Scottish Government’s document ‘Space to Grow and Thrive’. This should include but is not limited to: a) enclosing the current facilities with a door to the entrance of the toilets b) providing appropriate facilities for changing nappies c) ensuring staff are knowledgeable and competent about all aspects of infection prevention and control. This is in order to comply with Regulation 4(1)(b) (Welfare of users) of the Social Care and Social Work and Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulation 2011 (SSI 2011/2010). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My environ1. By 20 August 2026, the provider must ensure that children are kept safe and healthy and their privacy and dignity is maintained by ensuring toilet facilities follow best practice guidance. This is to ensure that infection prevention and control practices are consistent with the Scottish Government’s document ‘Space to Grow and Thrive’. This should include but is not limited to: a) enclosing the current facilities with a door to the entrance of the toilets b) provide appropriate facilities for changing nappies c) staff are knowledgeable and competent about all aspects of infection prevention and control. This is in order to comply with Regulation 4(1)(b) (Welfare of users) of the Social Care and Social Work and Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulation 2011 (SSI 2011/2010). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'My environment is safe and secure'.
1. To improve outcomes for children, effective and robust quality assurance processes should be implemented. To do this the provider should, at a minimum, ensure: a) regular and focused monitoring is carried out across the setting b) robust audits are developed and implemented, and any actions are addressed promptly c) self-evaluation is used meaningfully to support improvement d) clear and effective plans are developed and implemented to maintain and improve the service. 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).
1. To improve outcomes for children, effective and robust quality assurance processes should be implemented. To do this the provider should, at a minimum, ensure: a) regular and focused monitoring is carried out across the setting b) robust audits are developed and implemented, and any actions are addressed promptly c) self-evaluation is used meaningfully to support improvement d) clear and effective plans are developed and implemented to maintain and improve the service. 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).
1. To support children’s learning, curiosity and development, the provider should ensure that play experiences and resources consistently offer sufficient challenge and stimulation, in line with children’s age and stage of development. This should include, but is not limited to, increasing access to high-quality, open-ended and natural materials, and providing more real-life and loose parts experiences across both indoor and outdoor environments to promote creativity, problem-solving and sustained, meaningful play. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: ‘As a child, I can direct my own play and activities in the way that I choose, and freely access a wide range of experiences and resources suitable for my age and stage, which stimulate my natural curiosity, learning and creativity' (HSCS 2.27) And This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: ‘Any treatment or intervention that I experience is safe and effective’ (HSCS 1.24).
Conditions of registration
Number(s) and Age(s) of person(s) to whom service may be provided:
1. To provide a day care of children service to a maximum of 25 children at any one time aged 3 to those not yet of an age to attend primary school.
Any other conditions unique to the service:
2. The manager is also the manager of Invergarry Primary School Nursery.