Kady – Colquhoun Park Early Years Centre

October 14, 2026

Gabrielle

Hi my name is Gabrielle.

I undertook my early years and childcare qualification at City of Glasgow College and graduated Summer 2025.

I have worked on the snack and play programme with EDC since 2023 and have worked across a range of EDC early years centres since October 2025 including Milngavie, Bearsden, Lennoxtown and Bishopbriggs.

I am currently working across 2 settings; Baljaffray EYC on a Monday and Tuesday & Colquhoun Park EYC on a Thursday and Friday.

I love working in early years and get a real sense of satisfaction seeing happy parents and happy children learning and flourishing!

Outside of work I enjoy theatre, dance, home baking and gym.

I look forward to getting to know you all!
Gabrielle 😊

October 6, 2026

Alistair

Hello everyone, I’m Alastair.

I am a teacher in The EYC at Colquhoun Park on a Monday and a Tuesday.

I have worked in nurseries and primary schools throughout East Dunbartonshire and Glasgow for the past ten years.

Working alongside Carol, I focus on developing our learner’s literacy and numeracy skills through a variety of engaging and challenging learning experiences and activities.

I am hugely passionate about outdoor learning and the benefits that children exploring in this context brings. I especially love watching children’s risk assessment, social skills and confidence grow from these activities.

October 1, 2026

Centre Improvement Plan 2026/27

National Improvement Framework & Local Authority Service Plans

The National Improvement Framework (NIF) and Improvement Plan sets out the vision and priorities for Scottish education that have been agreed across the system, and the national improvement activity that needs to be undertaken to help deliver those key priorities. This complements the ongoing implementation of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), and Developing the Young Workforce (DYW), which are the three supporting pillars of the Scottish education system.

East Dunbartonshire Council’s (EDC) education priorities for 2026 are outlined in the Education Business Improvement Plan 2026-2029 and centre on equity, excellence, and children’s rights.

We use ‘Quality improvement framework for the early learning and childcare sectors’ to evaluate practice at centre level using a 3 step process;

How are we doing?
How do we know?
What are we going to do now?

2025 – 2026 Standards & Quality Report

The evaluation process of the previous year’s Centre Improvement Plan often flags areas in which can be identified as an area of priority for the following or naturally leads us into an area for improvement focus. Our accomplishments from this year are published in our S&Q report 2025-26

To read this years improvement plan in full click on the link below

CPEYC CIP 2026-27