Source · Care Inspectorate

Claire Sclater Childminding

Type Child Minding Location Penicuik Last graded 22 Jun 2026

Recorded Key Question grade range: 4–5 — Good  View on Care Inspectorate

Key Question scores

Six-point scale
Support and wellbeing
Care and support planning
5
Setting
4
Staff team
Leadership
4
Care, play and learning
5

Requirements & recommendations

0 requirements · 1 recommendation

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: 28 May 2026
Recommendation 1

1. To promote consistent high-quality practice, the childminder should strengthen their systems for the monitoring and oversight of medication, personal plans and risk assessments. Monitoring should ensure that these records are meaningful, regularly reviewed and clearly demonstrate their impact on outcomes for children and families. 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).

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 6 children at any one time under the age of 16 of whom no more than 3 are not yet attending primary school and of whom no more than 1 is under 12 months. Numbers are inclusive of children of the childminder's family.

Any other conditions unique to the service:
2. Minded children cannot be cared for by persons other than those named on the certificate.
3. No overnight care can be provided.

Between 20/03/2025 and 18/08/2025 Claire Sclater Childminding will not be operational as the Care Inspectorate has agreed to treat it as inactive. Should the provider wish to resume this service prior to 18/08/2025 they must contact the Care Inspectorate.

Registry facts

Service no: CS2017356846
Provider no: SP2017989090
Ownership: Private
Registered places: 6
Registered: 19 September 2017
Council area: Midlothian
Health board: Lothian
Integration authority: Midlothian
Risk band: LOW