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Little Latham Farmers

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Apr 2025)
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5.0(56 parent reviews) ·Latham Farm, Latham Lane, Gomersal, BD19 4AL · Kirklees
Number of places
65 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
Kirklees

About this day nursery

Little Latham Farmers, located in Gomersal, and its sister nursery, Little Latham House in Birkenshaw, offer quality childcare with an emphasis on learning through play and extensive outdoor activities. Both locations prioritise a safe and welcoming environment, with staff assessing activities based on the weather and children's developmental stages.

The nurseries operate Monday to Friday from 7:45 am to 5:45 pm. At Little Latham House, the curriculum aligns with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), covering seven key areas of learning, ensuring comprehensive development for children from birth to five years.

The Birkenshaw setting also incorporates a Forest School ethos, providing unique outdoor experiences such as a mud kitchen, vegetable patch, art cabin, and interaction with animals. Both nurseries receive glowing testimonials from parents, who praise the caring and enthusiastic staff, the home-cooked meals, and the variety of engaging activities.

The use of the Famly app keeps parents updated with their child's progress and daily activities. The Gomersal branch currently has a waiting list until September 2026, indicating its popularity.

What it's like

This inspirational nursery places children at the heart of all it does. Staff have an exceptional understanding of each child, which underpins the thriving environment. Children are very excited about learning and display impeccable behaviour.

Learning through playExtensive outdoor activitiesForest School ethosEYFS curriculumHome-cooked food

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday: 7.45am-5.45pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Latham Farmers

Last inspected 9 April 2025 · Josie Cumiskey

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

This inspirational nursery places children at the heart of all it does. Staff have an exceptional understanding of each child, which underpins the thriving environment. Children are very excited about learning and display impeccable behaviour.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have created an ambitious curriculum, which staff apply carefully and consistently to help children become more independent and make excellent progress.
  • Strong relationships with key workers help children feel safe, and this caring approach encourages kindness and excellent social skills.
  • Leaders create a supportive workplace, prioritising staff development through regular supervision and training, ensuring qualified staff can effectively support all children.
  • Developing children's communication and language skills is a noticeable strength, with a nursery library, enthusiastic story time, singing, and rhymes.
  • The nursery particularly excels at including children with SEND, ensuring that the most vulnerable children participate in all activities and opportunities.
Inspection #10392933 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders prioritise staff development through training in special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and speech and language, ensuring qualified staff are well equipped to effectively support all children. The nursery particularly excels at including children with SEND, and staff ensure they support the most vulnerable children to take part in all activities and opportunities. The inspector also discussed how staff support children with SEND.

Outdoor space

Children have many hands-on experiences, including building dens in the forest school area and helping bottle feed baby lambs in the onsite farm. Children can practice physical skills and take safe risks in the forest school, around the fire pit, and on outdoor climbing equipment, with staff helping them identify dangers and teaching them how to stay safe. The inspector observed the quality and education being provided for all children, both indoors and outdoors.

Parent Reviews of Little Latham Farmers

5.0
(56)
Stevie Crowther
2 months ago

My son and daughter attended LLF as nursery children and both loved every second of it. They returned this February 2026 half term and had such a great time, they begged to stay later on the last day. Full of activities indoors and out Libby and the team do an amazing job. Both children can’t wait to return. A big thank you from all of us.

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Stephanie Helliwell
3 months ago

I have three children in at Little Latham Farmers. A little Duckling, a little Tractor and a little Farmer. I couldn't be happier for the care my children have. The range of activities and learning opportunities are outstanding. I have children ranging from the baby room to pre-school and every single detail is to enable the child to engage, have fun, feel safe, try new things, become independent and confident as they progress into school. I particularly love the amount of outdoor learning offered, the range of activities and the parent engagement opportunities. Also the home cooked food is phenomenal! I can't thank the team enough for the love they show my children, I beem with pride that I'm lucky enough for them to attend a nursery as amazing as this and it makes it all worthwhile when I see my beautiful little babies on the regular updates we receive too. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I can't recommend you enough!

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Rebecca McGee
3 months ago

Although our little girl has only been at Little Latham Farmers 6 months, we couldn’t be happier with our choice of nursery! The communication in person and on the app is outstanding. All staff go the extra mile in delivering fantastic activities and caring for our little one. All the themed events are fantastic and it means so much that grandparent mornings are arranged too. Not forgetting the amazing home cooked food daily by Nanny Jane - the children are very lucky! Thank you, Libby and all the team. We are forever grateful ❤️

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Sorrel Peatfield
3 months ago

My little boy started at LLF in December and I was worried how he would settle as he was so clingy. After a couple of weeks with the lovely nursery staff in Little Ducklings class, he now gets excited each morning to go in and often doesn’t want to leave when I pick him up him up!! He has also developed so much in such a short time and I know much of that is down to the nursery staff and activities. I am constantly reassured he is having a wonderful time with photos and updates filled with exciting and well thought out activities. We are incredibly grateful he gets to attend such a special nursery in an amazing setting. Even just driving down the farm each morning is a reminder of how lucky he is to spend time among all of the animals and environment. I couldn’t recommend it enough!

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Laura Robinson
3 months ago

Amazing nursery. My 2 year old twins attend and absolutely love it. The communication is fab and they're always doing something different each day. Home cooked food on site and the staff are great. Would recommend to anyone

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2025

Date: October 2019

  • April 2025Outstanding
  • October 2019Good

Frequently asked about Little Latham Farmers

About the setting

Little Latham Farmers registered in 2017. The nursery employs 24 members of childcare staff, with 20 holding appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for one week at Christmas, with sessions from 7.45am until 5.45pm. The nursery provides funded early education for nine months, and two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
EY549273
Registered person
Little Latham Farmers Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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