Welcome to the Erskine Stewart Melville Nursery

Erskine Stewart Melville Nursery is a happy place to be, with highly qualified staff who nurture children as individuals and offer extraordinary opportunities to help them discover their unique potential.

The ethos in our Nursery, for 3 and 4 year olds, is vibrant, creative, and hands-on. We ignite each child’s imagination and curiosity through play-based activities that inspire creativity, foster critical thinking, and nurture their independence. Every day is an adventure, as children explore, discover, and grow in an environment designed to spark joy and encourage them to think for themselves while having endless fun.

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Free Council Funded Hours for eligible families

Fulltime Qualified Class Teachers

PE, Music and Digital Learning Specialist lessons each week

Acres of outdoor space

Bee-bots being enjoyed at home each week

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Nursery Bedtime stories available to borrow

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The most important thing is our children's happiness. If children are not happy, they'll not learn. Along with our excellent staff ratios, many families choose Erskine Stewart Melville because of the wealth of opportunities on offer.

Rhona Watt

Head of Nursery

Attachment Led Nursery

Our three and four-year-olds spend their days exploring our beautiful grounds and having fun in light and airy playrooms. We are an attachment led Nursery where close relationships are formed between our staff and children. We believe that no child is ordinary, so we take the time to get to know each and every one of them, helping them to discover their own individual interests and talents.

Highly Qualified Staff

Together our staff inspire our children to become confident young people with good hearts and strong values. Each of our pre-school Nursery rooms have their own qualified teacher, and the children also benefit from our Junior School teachers on site for Music, Digital Learning, PE, Library and Forest Kindergarten lessons.

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Our Wellbeing Programme

We put wellbeing at the centre of everything we do because we know that when children feel happy, safe and secure they are far more likely to thrive.

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Outdoor Learning

At Erskine Stewart Melville, outdoor learning begins in Nursery because it is so important for child development. Find out more about our fully qualified Forest Kindergarten Leaders and how we develop confidence, problem solving, resilience and teamwork in the great outdoors.

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Flexible Wraparound Care

Our wraparound care provides a balance of structured and free play for your child, before and after Nursery, and during the holidays, meaning you can be covered for nearly 50 weeks of the year.

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What Our Families Say

We have been blown away by how caring and conscientious the staff are. We know our little boy is in safe hands, with people who truly care about his safety, well-being and development. I honestly couldn’t recommend Erskine Stewart Melville more.

Katy Kennedy, Nursery Parent

The staff appear to genuinely love the children and take a real interest in their development. We know that our daughter is in safe hands and I would highly recommend the Nursery to any parent.

Nursery Parent

I like P.E. because I like to run around a lot.

Maya, Primrose Nursery Room

Both of my children have attended the nursery and both have loved every aspect. Especially the Forest Kindergarten. The room is always (somehow) spotless with a great range of activities and equipment available.

Nursery Parent

I love doing gymnastics in PE!

Felix, Thistle Nursery Room

Erskine Stewart Melville have created something very special in their nursery environment, the facilities and staff are exceptional, the children love their time there and as a parent, you feel a genuine sense of partnership with the nursery.

Nursery Parent

From day one she fell in love with everyone. The staff are loving, communicative, approachable and above all extremely capable and well experienced in supporting the children's development in a lovely environment. My wee girl developed a lot through play and activities at nursery and her confidence has grown.

Ramona Kallamadi, Nursery Parent