Children's Home run by City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in Bradford

children and young people since the most recent full inspection

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

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children continue to thrive at this home, making exceptional progress in all areas of their lives. They enjoy the benefits of full-time attendance at school in terms of their academic achievement, peer friendships and extra-curricular activities.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Since the last inspection, children have enjoyed improvement across several aspects of their lives. For some, this has been the frequency and quality of their contact with family, while others have gained awards for their efforts at school. One child is settling better into bedtime and early morning routines, and has further developed her trust in adults.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Children are offered excellent support to move on to more permanent placements. The planning, matching and pace of introductions entirely meet the needs of the child. This gives children’s new living arrangements every chance of success.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Since the last inspection, the provider has reduced the number of children who can be accommodated at the home from 12 to seven. This, say the staff, has made a tremendous difference to the quality of the work undertaken with children and the time that they have to do this.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Since the last inspection, there have been no complaints, missing from home incidents or risk of child sexual abuse. Children are of an age at which they still require the full supervision of adults, and they enjoy the protection of staff in all aspects of their lives. Because children are happy here, there are few problems with behaviour management. As a result, safeguarding issues are very rare at this home. When such concerns do arise, they are dealt with effectively and in partnership with other professionals, a hallmark practice at this home.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Independent monitoring arrangements continue to be highly effective in assisting the manager to improve the quality of care for children. This includes ensuring that necessary action on the minor shortfalls identified at the last inspection are taken.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

The home’s new manager is now registered with Ofsted. He already has several ideas for how he wants to the home to improve further for the benefit of children. This includes undertaking more work with families, addressing some existing, but minor, aspects of institutionalised practice, and exploring how the ample resources at the home can be used to greater benefit, for family contact for example.

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children and young people since the most recent full inspection

Several areas of the home have been decorated or undergone alteration since the last inspection. This makes the environment more comfortable for both children and staff.

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Information about this children’s home

This is a local authority children’s home. It is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to seven children who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

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Recent inspection history

Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement 24/08/2016 Full Outstanding 02/03/2016 Interim Sustained effectiveness 25/11/2015 Full Outstanding 25/03/2015 Interim Improved effectiveness

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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 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk .

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