Full-day nursery in Harehills Corner, Leeds
Shantona Women and Family Services
Shepherds Lane, Leeds, LS8 5AW · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Shepherds Lane, Leeds, LS8 5AW · More nurseries in LS8
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Lascelles Terrace, Spencer Place Cowper St and Elford Place.
Parks and playgrounds
- Banstead Park3 min walk
- Potternewton Park5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Leeds there are about 3.6 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Shantona Women and Family Services is a full-day nursery at Shepherds Lane, Leeds, LS8 5AW, in Harehills Corner, Leeds. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bankside Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Hillcrest Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.2 miles
- Harehills Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Some aspects not as stronginspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- Bracken Edge Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.4 miles
- Hovingham Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected February 2024 0.5 miles
- Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- Dixons Trinity Chapeltown All-throughages 4–16Ofsted: Outstandinginspected November 2021 0.5 miles
- Co-op Academy Nightingale Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.5 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Shantona Women and Family Services's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Shantona Women and Family Services Outstanding at its inspection on 19 March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Shantona Women and Family Services take?
Shantona Women and Family Services is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Shantona Women and Family Services?
Leeds is the nearest station we know of, 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 501917 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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