Children's Home, Residential special school run by Mayne Enterprises Limited in East Sussex

children and young people since the most recent full inspection

This home was judged Good at the full inspection. At this interim inspection Ofsted judge that it has improved effectiveness .

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

At the interim inspection carried out in May 2015 no requirements or recommendations were made. The service has continued to make good progress in line with the Quality Standards and their active development plan.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children continue to make very good progress with their educational, social and emotional lives. High levels of support and excellent communication between the on-site school and residential staff allows children to feel staff know them well, that staff really do care about them and helps them feel safe. As a result they make very good progress.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The service continues to meet the needs of the children accommodated. Well planned referral procedures have been further developed to ensure placing authorities and children have up to date and detailed information of what the service can provide. Expectations in relation to children’s behaviour, educational attendance and engaging in community living are also clearly stated.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The Registered Manager and Responsible Individual work closely together to ensure robust monitoring; auditing of the service continues to be effective and inform future development plans. As a result a number of developments have taken place. These include a re-organisation of child protection records, provision of external CCTV in response to the theft of Go Karts belonging to the children and increased links with other professionals, including Prevent police officers. A change was made to the method of behaviour management which has resulted in a significant decrease in the number of physical interventions used. In addition staff have undertaken training on the Prevent Duty, behaviour management, child sexual exploitation and de-criminalising children.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children’s complaints are very low in number, taken seriously, investigated and result in good outcomes. There had been no serious incidents since the last inspection until the week of this inspection. An unusual incident where a child sustained an arm injury has led the manager to change all handles on the landing doors. Good immediate action taken by first aid trained staff ensures children receive safe care. The Registered Manager and staff team are able to effectively respond to and implement change as a result of incidents.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The Registered Manager continues to develop further links with outside agencies and pro-actively works in partnership with them. Such agencies include; virtual head teachers, local police community police officers, a charity specialising in child sexual exploitation support, the Prevent Duty police team and educational welfare professionals. This ensures the correct support is provided to children and they can continue to make good progress.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Safeguarding procedures continue to be of a very high standard. The Registered Manager ensures his staff team are very suitably trained and up to date with the risks posed to children. In turn staff are very capable and extremely well informed of how to identify risks and refer to the correct agency. This ensures maximum protection for children.

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Information about this children's home

This is a children’s home with an on-site registered school. The home is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to 11 children with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties, learning disabilities and mental disorders excluding learning disabilities. The residential accommodation is located in one large house, situated in a rural location. There are links to towns via local transport.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

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Recent inspection history

17/02/2015 Interim Sustained effectiveness

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Recent inspection history

21/03/2013 Interim Satisfactory progress

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What the inspection judgements mean

At the interim inspection we make a judgement on whether the home has improved in effectiveness, sustained effectiveness, or declined in effectiveness since the previous full inspection. This is in line with the Inspection of children's homes: framework for inspection.

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children and young people living in the children's home. Inspectors considered the quality of work and the difference adults make to the lives of children and young people. They read case files, watched how professional staff work with children, young people and each other and discussed the effectiveness of help and care given to children and young people. Wherever possible, they talked to children, young people and their families. In addition the inspectors have tried to understand what the children's home knows about how well it is performing, how well it is doing and what difference it is making for the children and young people who it is trying to help, protect and look after. This inspection focused on the effectiveness of the home and the progress and experiences of children and young people since the most recent full inspection.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000 to assess the effectiveness of the service and to consider how well it complies with the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the Guide to the children's homes regulations including the quality standards. the guidance raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted, which is available from Ofsted's website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted . If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk .

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