All Stars Childcare

A Baby Suite with space for 21 babies and young toddlers gives All Stars Childcare a clear starting point: this is a nursery where the youngest children have facilities planned around feeding, sleep and play. Individual cots, a milk kitchen and a sensory room make that provision tangible. For parents choosing infant care, the room's scale deserves as much attention as its equipment.

At its 3 July 2024 inspection, Ofsted rated All Stars Childcare Good, judged safeguarding effective and found good progress across the age groups and good support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The nursery has capacity for 85 children, with a current age range of 3 to 47 months, at Arc House in Farsley, Pudsey.

Twinkles, Sparkles, Super Stars and Bright Stars provide the other named room settings. Attendance options include All Inclusive Childcare and Term Time Only Childcare, giving families different ways to organise their nursery year.

Rooms and Ages

Baby Suite caters for children aged 3 to 18 months, with a maximum of 21, themed play spaces, a sensory room, cots, a milk kitchen and changing facilities supporting play alongside everyday care. Sleep and bottle preparation have their own arrangements. These are useful details for families whose child's day still revolves around feeds and naps.

Twinkles serves the toddler stage from 18 months, with a spacious room and resources for movement, dancing, early maths, creative work and reading. Sparkles has the same starting age and a similar emphasis, combining colourful play areas with opportunities to explore those areas of learning.

Super Stars uses an open-plan room to encourage social development and children's individual interests. Bright Stars also has an open-plan layout, with learning and play intended to develop children's talents and relationships. Room organisation can change with demand and children's developmental needs, so the named stages are an organising structure rather than a rigid progression for every child.

Learning and Activities

The Early Years Foundation Stage provides the framework for children's learning, development and care: here, activities and play help children practise new skills and build confidence. Free-flow learning adds choice within the day, allowing children to select learning opportunities rather than follow only adult-directed activities. Creative and messy play also forms part of the nursery's offer.

In July 2024, toddlers joined familiar songs with dancing and actions, while more advanced children explored letters and sounds using a large interactive device. Tracing letters and recognising those in their own names connected early literacy with something personally meaningful. Books and stories were used across the age groups, alongside visits to the local library and a nursery lending library.

Outdoor chalk play gave children practice making shapes, lines and letters. At the water tray, staff added vocabulary as children filled and poured. These examples show how conversation and early writing can sit within ordinary play rather than depend on a formal lesson.

In July 2024, staff needed to carry the planned curriculum more consistently into spontaneous play and interactions. Planned activities were more dependable in achieving their intended learning than some unplanned moments. That distinction matters: a curriculum needs to shape the conversations and discoveries between organised activities, too.

Outdoor and Community Life

In July 2024, children used the outdoor play area daily. Wheeled toys offered practice in pedalling and steering, a balance beam tested coordination, and large construction shapes prompted children to build together. Outdoor learning therefore included movement and cooperation as well as mark-making.

The local library visits extended children's contact with books beyond the nursery. The lending library brought another connection between nursery reading and home, making literacy part of both settings rather than an activity confined to one room.

Relationships and Communication

Every child is assigned a key worker to follow their wellbeing and development. Each room also has a team leader responsible for maintaining its standards and procedures. For families, the key worker provides an identifiable person who keeps track of the individual child within a larger nursery.

In July 2024, staff spent time learning about children and building relationships with their families. Babies showed their attachment by reaching towards familiar practitioners. Parents received day-to-day feedback and development updates, while an online application allowed them to share experiences from home. That exchange gave staff information about children's lives beyond nursery and helped connect their care and learning across the day.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

In July 2024, children needing additional help had individual support plans developed with other professionals. Staff observed children's development, made referrals to outside agencies and used additional funding for one-to-one support. These are concrete mechanisms for identifying needs and organising help, rather than a general promise that every child will receive the same support.

The Baby Suite's calming sleep area contains individual cots, and its milk kitchen is used for preparing feeds and sterilising equipment. Changing facilities sit alongside these arrangements. In July 2024, freshly cooked food, hygiene routines and oral-health support formed part of the children's day.

Preparation for school included work with local schoolteachers in July 2024. Alongside the letter and sound activities, that gave children contact between their nursery learning and the next stage. This is transition work, with no claim of an admissions advantage.

Sessions and Attendance

All Stars Childcare opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6.00pm. It operates across the year, closing for bank holidays and a week at Christmas. That closure pattern matters for families whose working year continues through the holiday period.

All Inclusive Childcare and Term Time Only Childcare are separate attendance options. Term Time Only Childcare provides term-time attendance; the opening window should be considered alongside the chosen childcare arrangement. Enquiries can be made on 0113 257 2140 or through the contact message form.

Getting There

The address is Arc House, 1 Coal Hill Lane, Farsley, Pudsey, LS28 5NA. The nursery occupies a leafy private setting in Farsley, with links to Leeds and Bradford.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare is offered for working parents, with funding breakdowns covering 9–23 months, 2–3 years and 3–4 years under both childcare options. Government funding through Leeds City Council is also offered for two-year-olds from low-income families, subject to eligibility. The Term Time Only Childcare option provides a term-time attendance route.

Current prices should come in the nursery's written quotation. For a funded booking, the useful comparison is the childcare arrangement and the complete charge structure together, rather than the funding label alone.

• Baby Suite scale. The youngest room has a maximum of 21 babies and young toddlers. On a visit, ask how sleep, feeding and play are organised within that space and how the key worker supports your child's routine.
• Learning between activities. In July 2024, spontaneous play did not consistently carry through the intended curriculum. Ask for an example of how practitioners now extend a child's self-chosen activity.
• Choosing the childcare option. All Inclusive Childcare and Term Time Only Childcare serve different attendance needs. Ask for one written breakdown showing your chosen pattern, funded hours and the position on meals and non-food consumables.

All Stars Childcare suits families considering its two named options, All Inclusive Childcare and Term Time Only Childcare, with term-time attendance offered through the latter. Its most concrete attractions are the equipped Baby Suite, named toddler and preschool rooms, and opportunities for children to choose their learning.

The July 2024 Good judgement gives a dated quality benchmark. The practical decision is whether the Baby Suite's scale and the nursery's approach to learning through everyday play fit your child, alongside the attendance option that fits your family.