Ratho Primary School Nursery

The new Ratho Library and Ratho Primary Nursery opened in March 2025. The official opening of the building was performed by The Queen on Tuesday 1st July and you can read more about that event here News Beat – Ratho Library officially opened by Her Majesty The Queen

The designs incorporate lessons learned from the 2014 ELC expansion from 475 hours to 600 hours, the Council’s operational requirements, regulatory requirements from the Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Government’s Early Learning Childcare design guidance ‘Space to Grow’

The nursery design with natural wood floors and furniture and neutral decoration follows the Early Years thinking that the children bring the colour to the space. Low dividers partition the room into activity areas and are designed to be playful and homely.

Large floor to ceiling windows and doors make the rooms bright and airy, allowing children to have a visual connection with the outdoor space. This is enhanced by the practice of allowing the children to choose to go outside when they want to making the two spaces feel like one.

The nursery has a beautiful “home corner”, all activity furnishings and storage for the children are accessible by them and pin boarding is also at their level so they can celebrate their own work by adding it to the display.

Soft furnishings, rugs, lamps and plants create a really homely comfortable environment to improve wellbeing making the space a nice place to be.

The nursery also has its own kitchen for food prep which includes adult and child height sinks.