Children's home run by Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited

Inspection report children’s home: SC402370 1 SC402370 Registered provider: Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This is a privately owned home with a school on the same site. The inspectors only inspected the social care provision at this school.

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Information about this children’s home

The home is registered to accommodate up to 54 children aged between nine and 17. The current occupancy is 27. Children are usually experiencing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and they may have additional needs.

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Information about this children’s home

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.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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requires improvement to be good

How well children and young people are helped and protected requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

The children’s home is not yet delivering good help and care for children and young people. However, there are no serious or widespread failures that result in their welfare not being safeguarded or promoted.

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requires improvement to be good

Overall judgement at last inspection: inadequate Inspection report children’s home: SC402370 2

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Enforcement action since last inspection:

The home was served two compliance notices following the previous inspection. The notices related to safeguarding and the home’s management.

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Enforcement action since last inspection:

In light of the identified shortfalls, Ofsted also imposed a restriction notice. This prevents new admissions to the home.

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Enforcement action since last inspection:

These notices were reviewed at this inspection. The compliance notices have been met. The restriction notice has not yet been lifted. This will be reviewed again in the new year. Inspection report children’s home: SC402370 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

05/10/2021 Full Inadequate 23/07/2019 Full Outstanding 13/08/2018 Full Outstanding 05/09/2017 Full Outstanding Inspection report children’s home: SC402370 4

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improvement to be good

Managers and staff have worked hard to meet the compliance notices served at the last inspection. Previous allegations, as well as those that have been made since the last inspection, have been appropriately investigated. Work to address potential hazards that were identified at the last inspection is ongoing, but not yet complete.

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improvement to be good

Risk management is not yet fully effective. For example, it has been agreed that an adult will be in the same room with one child while they access social media. However, this is not happening.

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improvement to be good

One child from an ethnic minority group likes living at the home but misses city life and cultural food. He misses living with people from his own ethnicity. However, he was keen to say that he has made friends and likes the staff and the food. Nevertheless, this child has not had the opportunity to fully explore his cultural identity.

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improvement to be good

Children are engaging in a wide range of enjoyable activities inside the home, within the large grounds and in the community. They enjoy various activities, including going to the cinema, playing football, going to theme parks, pumpkin carving, swimming and shopping. They have also completed projects on topics such as breast cancer awareness, Black History Month and Remembrance Day.

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improvement to be good

Children generally say that they are happy and like living at this home. One child talked about her home being like a ‘little family’. Another was proud of his progress over the last four years.

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improvement to be good

Most of the areas where children live have been refurbished. Others are due to be improved in the new year. As a result, the home is better presented and more homely. Children’s rooms are highly personalised, and children say that they like their rooms.

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improvement to be good

A survey has been carried out with children about how safe they feel. This has been completed twice, and the second survey demonstrates an improvement in how safe children feel. Children are feeling safer because of the actions taken after the first survey. The registered manager has clearly listened to children to improve the service.

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improvement to be good

Potential risks within the grounds, identified during the previous inspection, have not yet been made safe. For example, there is insufficient lighting in potentially unsafe areas within the grounds and there is no signage to highlight potential hazards. Inspection report children’s home: SC402370 5 Lighting within the grounds is poor. Children have said that this makes them feel unsafe. The registered manager has responded to this and an additional light has been installed. The registered manager has arranged for further lighting to be installed in the new year.

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improvement to be good

Although children are vulnerable to online exploitation, checks on devices such as mobile phones and tablets are not routinely recorded. Therefore, it is difficult to monitor effectively how safely children are using their devices.

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improvement to be good

There has recently been an increase in incidents of bullying. This has been addressed through direct work with children, mediation and group work. It is too early to say how effective this work has been.

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good

The registered manager has worked hard to meet the shortfalls identified at the previous inspection. A lot of positive work has been completed with staff and children since the last inspection. For example, children have been involved with a theatrical group which has helped them to better understand issues around consent.

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good

The registered manager is promoting staff morale and supporting them through the previous Ofsted judgement. Consequently, staff say that they feel well supported.

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good

Staff have received additional training about harmful sexual behaviours in children. In the new year, there are plans to roll out a new tool to help staff to better identify harmful sexual behaviour. A safe map of the grounds has been completed by children and staff. Children and staff have said where they think it is unsafe in the grounds of the home. Concerns have been acted on. For example, where children have said they do not feel safe, staff are based in those areas when those children are outside.

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good

The registered manager has weekly safeguarding discussions with the organisation’s safeguarding lead. Any safeguarding issues are reviewed and addressed at this meeting. This has improved the monitoring of safeguarding matters. Despite these improvements, there are still some shortfalls in management oversight. For example, the home’s bullying log is not up to date, and an incident of bullying was not recorded in the log. Inaccurate monitoring of bullying has the potential to hinder responses. Inspection report children’s home: SC402370 6

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person(s) must take to meet the Care Standards Act 2000, Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the ‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’. The registered person(s) must comply within the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

The protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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Requirement Due date

that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm;

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Requirement Due date

that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed, furnished and maintained so as to protect each child from avoidable hazards to the child’s health. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(b)(d))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, staff should: ensure that care planning reflects agreed strategies; record device checks consistently; and ensure that hazards within the grounds are made safe. 30 December

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The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the children’s home that—

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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—

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Requirement Due date

use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(h))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that logs are kept up to date to aid effective monitoring. 30 December Inspection report children’s home: SC402370 7

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that children are helped to explore their cultural identity. (‘Guide to the children’s homes regulations including the quality standards’, page 17, paragraph 3.22)

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children and young people, using the ‘Social care common inspection framework’. This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000 to assess the effectiveness of the service, how it meets the core functions of the service as set out in legislation, 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’. Inspection report children’s home: SC402370 8

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Children’s home details

Provision sub-type: Residential special school

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Kedleston (Wings Education) Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 8 Brook Business Centre, Cowley Mill Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 2FX

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Inspectors

Joanne Vyas, Social Care Inspector Laura Walker, Social Care Inspector Thirza Smith, Social Care Inspector Inspection report children’s home: SC402370 9 to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children’s social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspectors

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