Shantona Women and Family Services
OutstandingBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leeds for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 1998, with 36 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Leeds
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leeds from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
LS8 5AWWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 19 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in their language development in this welcoming home-from-home nursery. Staff make song and rhyme time highly engaging for all two-year-old children, including those who speak English as an additional language. For example, they use props, such as material stars, which children place on their finger. Two-year-old children put their arm in the air to copy actions, and attempt some words from the familiar song.
Staff introduce the sound of letters to older children. Older children confidently and accurately identify objects that begin with the letter 'p', such as 'penguin' and 'pig'.
They also recognise objects that do not start with this letter, such as an 'iron'. Older children show that they remember their learning as they say the sound for other letters, such as 's' and 'a'. Children's learning is built sequentially. The curriculum is planned to ensure that children practise and embed each step of learning throughout their time at the nursery.
- 19 March 2024Outstanding
- 18 May 2018Good
- 14 October 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Shantona Women and Family Services
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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