Children's Home run by Sansaar Care Limited in Bradford

Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2797526 1 Registered provider: Sansaar Care Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned and managed by a private provider. It provides care for up to three children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home has been without a registered manager since 8 May 2025.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, no children were living in the home.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 24 and 25 June 2025. This was due to serious and widespread failures that meant children were not protected and their welfare not promoted or safeguarded. Children’s experiences were poor, and they were not making progress.

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This monitoring visit

On 26 June 2025, the provider was restricted from moving children into the home due to the concerns identified. On 8 July 2025, the home’s registration was suspended due to specific concerns or allegations received by Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was completed to monitor the action taken to meet the steps within the restriction notice. It also reviewed a requirement issued at the full inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has complied with the suspension notice and the home has not been operating, with no evidence of children living there.

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This monitoring visit

The directors lack relevant knowledge about residential care. They have not replaced the current responsible individual as planned. Leaders have also not appointed a Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2797526 2 new manager to lead the home. Leaders have not yet implemented actions needed to improve leadership of the home.

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This monitoring visit

Systemic weaknesses remain within the systems of oversight of the home. Leaders have not yet addressed the quality of independent visitor reports. They have not implemented plans for auditing and monitoring against key performance indicators. An action plan created after the inspection does not address all shortfalls identified.

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This monitoring visit

An investigation by senior leaders into concerns received by Ofsted lacks critical evaluation. The report does not look at why leaders, particularly the responsible individual, were not aware of the shortfalls found at the full inspection. Leaders also failed to look at lessons learned, particularly in respect of the lack of monitoring of the quality of care and leadership of the home.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders have not provided staff with the skills to provide effective care for children. Following the last inspection, leaders made all staff redundant and have not re- employed them. As a result, leaders cannot provide a robust induction and training programme.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders have not addressed shortfalls, such as no review of their procedure for managing allegations against staff. Furthermore, the home has not been repaired or renovated to make it safe and homely for children.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders accept the need for improvement. They can describe their plans and desire to make changes. However, the steps within the restriction notice relating to the leadership and management of the home have not been met. The requirement issued at the full inspection relating to policies for the protection of children has not been met.

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This monitoring visit

Most of the requirements from the previous inspection were not reviewed during this visit, therefore they are restated. Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2797526 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

24/06/2025 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2797526 4

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered persons 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 persons must comply with the given timescales.

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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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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’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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demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on—

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research and developments in relation to the ways in which the needs of children are best met; and

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feedback on the experiences of children, including complaints received; and 16 September Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2797526 5 use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home.

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(Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2(a)(c)(e)(f)(g)(i)(ii)(h))

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This requirement has not been met and is restated.

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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 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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manage relationships between children to prevent them from harming each other;

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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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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 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.

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(Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(b)(d)) 16 September Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2797526 6 This requirement was not reviewed during this visit and is restated.

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The registered person must prepare and implement a policy which—

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is intended to safeguard children accommodated in the children’s home from abuse or neglect; and

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sets out the procedure to be followed in the event of an allegation of abuse or neglect.

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The procedure to be followed in the event of an allegation of abuse or neglect must, in particular—

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provide for the prompt referral of an allegation about current or ongoing abuse or neglect in relation to a child to the placing authority and, if different, the local authority in whose area the home is located;

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provide for the prompt referral of an allegation about past abuse or neglect in relation to a child to the placing authority and, if different, the local authority in whose area the alleged abuse or neglect occurred;

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provide for records to be kept of an allegation of abuse or neglect, and the action taken in response;

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describe how and to whom staff are to report, without delay, any concern about abuse or neglect of a child.

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(Regulation 34 (1)(a)(b) (2)(b)(c)(d)(f))

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This requirement has not been met and is restated. 16 September

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

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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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is instigated; or 16 September Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2797526 7 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 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;

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(Regulation 40 (4)(c)(d)(i)(ii)(iii)(e) (5)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(b))

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This requirement was not reviewed during this visit and is restated.

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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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protect and promote each child’s welfare;

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treat each child with dignity and respect; 16 September Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2797526 8 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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help each child to understand and manage the impact of any experience of abuse or neglect;

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help each child to develop resilience and skills that prepare the child to return home, to live in a new placement or to live independently as an adult.

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(Regulation 6 (1)(i)(ii) (2)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi))

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This requirement was not reviewed during this visit and is restated.

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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, 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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maintain regular contact with each child’s education and training provider, including engaging with the provider and the placing authority to support the child’s education and training and to maximise the child’s achievement; 16 September Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2797526 9 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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help each child to attend education or training in accordance with the expectations in the child’s relevant plans.

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(Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)(viii)(x))

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This requirement was not reviewed during this visit and is restated.

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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; and

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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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(Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(i)(iii))

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This requirement was not reviewed during this visit and is restated. 16 September Inspection report for children’s home – monitoring visit: 2797526 10

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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: 2797526 11

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Sansaar Care Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Random Lee, Lee Lane, Bingley BD16 1UF

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Inspector

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