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Find childcare in or near your place of study. Arcadia Nurseries are located at the University’s King’s Buildings and Easter Bush campuses. There are also many registered nurseries across the city of Edinburgh.

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King's Buildings and Easterbush Arcadia Nurseries

Arcadia Nurseries offer pre-school childcare at purpose-built locations at the University’s King’s Buildings and Easter Bush campuses.

Arcadia Nursery

Innovative design

  • The purpose-built nursery will mix indoor and outdoor play, with children able to move between the spacious, bright building - complete with spaces for music-making, cookery, and soft play - and the specially landscaped garden.
  • Building on research on the importance of outdoor play, the playrooms initially lead to a babies’ garden lined with grassy steps and sensory planting, before giving way to mini-allotments and a water play area for older toddlers.
  • For the more adventurous children an elevated walkway leads to a tree house. All the outdoor areas are supervised by the fully qualified staff.

Expert team

  • Arcadia, based at the University of Edinburgh’s Kings Buildings, brings together the long established teams at Uni-Tots Nursery on George Square and the Day Nursery on Dalkeith Road.
  • All food served at the nursery will be benchmarked against Children’s Food Trust guidelines and Food for the Brain standards.
  • Arcadia is for both parents and children. Mums and dads will have their own secure zone on the website, a dedicated Keyworker, and a heated buggy store.

Enroll now

To find out more or to enrol your children in Arcadia:

Visit the Arcadia website

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