Pinocchio's Children's Nursery - Gilmerton
Recorded Key Question grade range: 4 — Good View on Care Inspectorate
Key Question scores
Requirements & recommendations
1. By 24 October 2025, the provider must ensure sufficient standards of infection prevention and control practices. To do this, the provider must, at a minimum, ensure: a) environments used by children are welcoming, clean and tidy to meet good practice guidance; b) facilities for storage of resources and equipment are improved and support good infection prevention and control practice and guidance; c) staff are aware of and carry out appropriate cleaning to maintain infection prevention and control standards; and d) effective auditing of cleaning schedules are carried out to ensure that standards are maintained and potential gaps addressed. This is to comply with Regulations 4(1)(a) (Welfare of users) and 10(2)(d) (Fitness of premises) of the Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/210). This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the
1. To support the health and wellbeing of children, the manager should ensure that medication practices are managed in accordance with best practice guidance. This should include but is not limited to: a) ensuring the paperwork around the signs, symptoms and dosage of medication is stored alongside the medication; and b) implementing an effective system for management to audit and review the management of medicine. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCC) which state that: 'My care and support meets my needs and is right for me.’ (HSCS 1.19).
2. To enable and support all children to reach their full potential, the service should ensure play spaces offer a range of resources and materials. These areas should be structured to provide developmentally appropriate and appealing places that challenge and stimulate children’s development and learning and reflect their current interests and curiosities. This should include, but is not limited to, increasing the range of sensory play experiences, loose parts, open ended and natural materials available to foster imagination and creativity. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I experience high quality care and support based on relevant evidence, guidance and best practice.' (HSCS 4.11).
Conditions of registration
Number(s) and Age(s) of person(s) to whom service may be provided:
1. To provide a care service to a maximum of 48 children at any one time. This will include:
15 children 3 months - under 2 years
13 children 2 - under 3 years
20 children 3 years - entry into primary school