Children's Home run by XYP Childcare Limited in Tameside

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 1 Registered provider: XYP Childcare Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This children’s home provides care for up to six children in up to four buildings, under one single registration. This a ‘multi-building children’s home’.

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Information about this children’s home

A multi-building children’s home allows the provider, in agreement with the placing authority, to make child-centred decisions about where each child lives and to ensure that their individual needs are met, under this one registration.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager has been in post since the home opened in July 2023.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged inadequate at a full inspection on 23 to 25 January 2024. Ofsted found serious shortfalls in safeguarding practices and in the leadership and management arrangements in the home.

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This monitoring visit

Following the full inspection, Ofsted served a notice to suspend the registration of the home. This notice was issued with immediate effect on 25 January 2024.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the suspension notice and any action taken by the provider to address the shortfalls identified at the full inspection.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection, the provider has taken steps to review and implement new monitoring and review systems. There is now a central recording system which the senior leader and managers will have direct access to. This will enable leaders and managers to review daily care practices and identify any areas of concern. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 2 A comprehensive induction programme has been introduced. All staff working in the home will complete the induction before any direct work with children. This will enable staff to understand their individual roles and responsibilities. There are now clear expectations for staff around the procedures in place and the quality of care they will provide to children.

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Risk management plans and templates have been reviewed by a senior leader and managers. The new plans will provide staff with clear actions and strategies to keep children safe and reduce the risk of harm. This will ensure that staff are clear on the expectations of them.

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A consistent staff team has been identified to work in the homes. The new staffing arrangements will include a deputy and two team leaders to support the manager. This will improve the oversight in each setting. Staff have individual development plans that will be used to identify their development and training needs.

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Since the last inspection, the provider has taken steps to ensure that the environment is free from hazards and is clean. Children’s bedrooms have also been decorated.

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The additional requirements identified at the full inspection were not considered as part of this monitoring visit and will be considered at the next full inspection.

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At the case review on 16 April 2024, it was deemed that sufficient action has been taken for the suspension to be lifted. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

23/01/2024 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 4

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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, The 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 with the given timescales.

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The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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protect and promote each child’s welfare;

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treat each child with dignity and respect;

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provide personalised care that meets each child’s needs, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans, taking account of the child’s background;

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provide to children living in the home the physical necessities they need, in order to live there comfortably;

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ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to—

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enable each child to participate in the daily life of the home. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vii)(c)(i)(ii)) 2 April 2024 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 5 In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that children are provided with a safe and clean environment and that staff understand how to meet children’s daily needs.

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The children’s views, wishes and feelings standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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develop positive relationships with them;

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take their views, wishes and feelings into account in relation to matters affecting the children’s care and welfare and their lives.

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

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ascertain and consider each child’s views, wishes and feelings, and balance these against what they judge to be in the child’s best interests when making decisions about the child’s care and welfare;

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help each child to express views, wishes and feelings. (Regulation 7 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii))

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Specifically, leaders and managers must ensure that staff support children to talk about their views, wishes and feelings. 2 April 2024

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The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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

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help each child to achieve the child’s education and training targets, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans;

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support each child’s learning and development, including helping the child to develop independent study skills and, 2 April 2024 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 6 where appropriate, helping the child to complete independent study;

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understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child to overcome any such barriers;

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help each child to understand the importance and value of education, learning, training and employment;

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promote opportunities for each child to learn informally;

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help a child who is excluded from school, or who is of compulsory school age but not attending school, to access educational and training support throughout the period of exclusion or non-attendance and to return to school as soon as possible;

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that each child has access to appropriate equipment, facilities and resources to support the child’s learning. (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(viii)(b))

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In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that education is promoted within the home. Children must be encouraged to access meaningful education and provided with appropriate resources and equipment to support them to learn.

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The enjoyment and achievement standard is that children take part in and benefit from a variety of activities that meet their needs and develop and reflect their creative, cultural, intellectual, physical and social interests and skills.

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

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develop the child’s interests and hobbies;

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participate in activities that the child enjoys and which meet and expand the child’s interests and preferences; and

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make a positive contribution to the home and the wider community; and 2 April 2024 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 7 that each child has access to a range of activities that enable the child to pursue the child’s interests and hobbies. (Regulation 9 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(b))

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In particular, leaders, managers and staff must ensure that they understand and support children to pursue their hobbies and interests and take part in activities that children enjoy.

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The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on—

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an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and

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positive responses to other children and adults.

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

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meet each child’s behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child’s relevant plans;

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help each child to develop socially aware behaviour;

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encourage each child to take responsibility for the child’s behaviour, in accordance with the child’s age and understanding. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii))

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In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that consequences and rewards are appropriate and evaluated for their effectiveness. Leaders and managers must support children to understand acceptable and appropriate behaviour. 2 April 2024

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

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

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assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if 2 April 2024 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 8 necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child;

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help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;

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understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person;

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare; and

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are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies;

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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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that the effectiveness of the home’s child protection policies is monitored regularly. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(b)(e))

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Leaders and managers must ensure that staff understand their roles and responsibilities in keeping children safe.

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Risk management plans must be kept up to date and contain clear actions for staff to follow in practice to reduce the risk of harm to children.

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

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lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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ensure that staff work as a team where appropriate;

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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child; 2 April 2024 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 9 ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child;

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understand the impact that the quality of care provided in the home is having on the progress and experiences of each child and use this understanding to inform the development of the quality of care provided in the home;

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

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In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that there are sufficient review and monitoring systems in place to review the quality of care provided in the home and identify learning opportunities from staff practice.

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The care planning standard is that children—

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receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and

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have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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

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that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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ensure the effective induction of each child into the home;

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manage and review the placement of each child in the home;

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and plan for, and help, each child to prepare to leave the home or to move into adult care in a way that is consistent with arrangements agreed with the child’s placing authority;

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that each child’s relevant plans are followed; 2 April 2024 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 10 that the child’s placing authority is contacted, and a review of that child’s relevant plans is requested, if—

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the registered person considers that the child is at risk of harm or has concerns that the care provided for the child is inadequate to meet the child’s needs;

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the child is, or has been, persistently absent from the home without permission;

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or that staff help each child to access and contribute to the records kept by the registered person in relation to the child. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(c)(e)(i)(ii)(f))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that children’s needs are assessed before they move into the home and that moves in and out of the home are positive and planned.

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Leaders and managers must ensure that staff have the appropriate skills and knowledge to meet the children’s needs.

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The registered person must compile in relation to the children’s home a statement (“the statement of purpose”) which covers the matters listed in Schedule 1.

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keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it; and

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notify HMCI of any revisions and send HMCI a copy of the revised statement within 28 days of the revision. (Regulation 16 (1) (3)(a)(b))

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In particular, the statement of purpose should include details of staff qualifications and the staffing structure of the home. 2 April 2024

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The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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undertake appropriate continuing professional development;

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receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience. (Regulation 33 (4)(a)(b)) 2 April 2024 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 11 Specifically, leaders and managers must ensure that staff receive regular practice-related supervision by an appropriately qualified person.

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The registered person must maintain records (“case records”) for each child which—

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include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

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are signed and dated by the author of each entry. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c))

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In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that children’s records are kept up to date and accurately detail the child’s journey through the home. 2 April 2024

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The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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a child is involved in or subject to, or is suspected of being involved in or subject to, sexual exploitation;

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an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child which the registered person considers to be serious;

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there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there;

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a child protection enquiry involving a child —

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concludes (in which case, the notification must include the outcome of the child protection enquiry); or

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there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious.

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A notification made under this regulation—

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the matter; 2 April 2024 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 12 the other persons, bodies or organisations (if any) who or which have been notified; and

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any actions taken by the registered person as a result of the matter. (Regulation 40 (4)(a)(b)(c)(d)(i)(ii)(e) (5)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(b))

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In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that they submit accurate notifications in a timely manner.

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The registered person must review the appropriateness and suitability of the location of the premises used for the purposes of the children’s home at least once in each calendar year taking into account the requirement in regulation 12(2)(c) (the protection of children standard).

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When conducting the review, the registered person must consult and take into account the views of each relevant person. (Regulation 46 (1) (2)) 2 April 2024

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the action taken and the progress made by the children’s home since its last Ofsted inspection.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 13

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: XYP Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 43 Stamford Road, Mossley, Ashton-Under-Lyne OL5 0BG

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Philip Hogan-Birse

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Inspectors

Nichola Croft, Social Care Inspector Sarah Jackson, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 14 regulates and inspects 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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