Nurseries in South Ayrshire

• Aberlour Options - Ayrshire

  Voluntary / not-for-profit · Ayr · 40 places

  Good (4)
• Alloway After School Club

  Voluntary / not-for-profit · Ayr · 30 places

  Good (4)
• Alloway Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 60 places

  Good (4)
• Alphabet Yard

  Private · Ayr · 56 places

  Good (4)
• Annbank Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 93 places

  Very good (5)
• Ayr Grammar Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 64 places

  Very good (5)
• Ballantrae Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ballantrae · 25 places

  Excellent (6)
• Barassie Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Troon · 56 places

  Very good (5)
• Barassie hub - Schools Out

  Voluntary / not-for-profit · Troon · 16 places

  Adequate (3)
• Barr Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Girvan · 14 places

  Very good (5)
• Barrhill Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Girvan · 10 places

  Very good (5)
• Braehead Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 58 places

  Good (4)
• Cherry Tree Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 150 places

  Very good (5)
• Colmonell Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Girvan · 14 places

  Adequate (3)
• Coylton Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 70 places

  Very good (5)
• Crosshill Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 20 places

  Very good (5)
• Culzean Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Maybole · 120 places

  Good (4)
• Dailly Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Girvan · 30 places

  Good (4)
• Doonfoot After School Service Committee

  Voluntary / not-for-profit · Ayr · 40 places

  Good (4)
• Doonfoot Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 60 places

  Very good (5)
• Doonvale Private Nursery School

  Private · Ayr · 57 places

  Very good (5)
• Dundonald Care Club

  Council nursery · Kilmarnock · 30 places

  Adequate (3)
• Dundonald Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Kilmarnock · 47 places

  Very good (5)
• Fly High Early Learning & Childcare

  Private · Prestwick · 88 places

  Good (4)
• Forehill After School Club Ltd

  Private · Ayr · 48 places

  Very good (5)
• Forehill Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 130 places

  Very good (5)
• Girvan Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Girvan · 120 places

  Very good (5)
• Granny Smiths Day Nursery

  Private · Troon · 70 places

  Not graded yet
• Heads of Ayr Nursery

  Private · Ayr · 106 places

  Good (4)
• Heathfield Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 50 places

  Good (4)
• Heathfield Out of School Care

  Voluntary / not-for-profit · Ayr · 48 places

  Very good (5)
• Holmston Out of Skool Club

  Private · Ayr · 45 places

  Very good (5)
• Kincaidston Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 87 places

  Very good (5)
• Kingcase Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Prestwick · 60 places

  Excellent (6)
• Kirkmichael Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Maybole · 12 places

  Good (4)
• Maidens Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Girvan · 32 places

  Very good (5)
• Marina View Nursery

  Private · Troon · 93 places

  Good (4)
• Monkton Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Prestwick · 30 places

  Very good (5)
• Mossblown Care Club

  Council nursery · Ayr · 24 places

  Good (4)
• Muirhead Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Troon · 71 places

  Very good (5)
• Newton Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 35 places

  Good (4)
• Pine Trees Nursery

  Private · Prestwick · 98 places

  Good (4)
• Prestwick After School Care Service

  Voluntary / not-for-profit · Prestwick · 65 places

  Good (4)
• Prestwick North Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Prestwick · 110 places

  Good (4)
• Prestwick Private Kindergarten

  Private · Prestwick · 26 places

  Good (4)
• Riverbank Nursery

  Private · Ayr · 73 places

  Adequate (3)
• Schools Out in Troon

  Voluntary / not-for-profit · Troon · 40 places

  Good (4)
• South Ayrshire Sessional Childcare Service

  Council nursery · Ayr · 78 places

  Good (4)
• Space Place Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Prestwick · 100 places

  Very good (5)
• Straiton Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Maybole · 15 places

  Good (4)
• Struthers Care Club

  Council nursery · Troon · 30 places

  Good (4)
• Struthers Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Troon · 110 places

  Good (4)
• Symington After School Club

  Council nursery · Kilmarnock · 24 places

  Excellent (6)
• Symington Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Kilmarnock · 60 places

  Very good (5)
• Tarbolton Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Mauchline · 60 places

  Good (4)
• The Meadows Private Day Nursery Ltd

  Private · Ayr · 33 places

  Good (4)
• The Sunrise After School Club

  Private · Ayr · 32 places

  Good (4)
• Troon Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Troon · 40 places

  Very good (5)
• Wallacetown Early Years Centre

  Council nursery · Ayr · 170 places

  Very good (5)
• Wellington School (Ayr) Ltd

  Private · Ayr · 80 places

  Very good (5)

Schools in South Ayrshire

Source: Care Inspectorate datastore (as at 30 September 2026), Open Government Licence.