You want to give your child the very best start in life, with care, love and support to develop skills they can carry through into adulthood. But for some children with learning disabilities or Autism, these needs can’t be met in their family home. Here is our latest Ofsted Report. 

This privately run children’s home provides care for up to six children. The provider states in its statement of purpose that the home cares for children with autism and learning disabilities.

 

The service provides one place for a short break and five longterm placements. The home registered with Ofsted in 2005 and the manager registered with Ofsted in 2013.

 

There were five children living in the home at the time of this inspection and one child was accessing short-break care.

 

This inspection was conducted on site and involved meetings with children, staff and managers. Email and telephone contact took place with parents, family members and placing authority social workers.

 

Due to COVID-19, at the request of the Secretary of State, we suspended all routine inspections of social care providers carried out under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF) on 17 March 2020. We returned to routine SCCIF inspections on 12 April 2021.

 

Inspection dates: 1 and 2 February 2022

Overall experiences and progress of children and young people, taking into account: good

How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for: good.

 

Date of last inspection: 9 October 2019

Overall judgement at last inspection: Good

Enforcement action since last inspection: None

 

Recent inspection history

Inspection date	Inspection type	Inspection judgement
09/10/2019	Full	Good
15/10/2018	Full	Good
08/05/2017	Full	Good
23/11/2016	Interim	Sustained effectiveness

 

See the full Ofsted Report here.