Children's Home run by A-Triangle Care Limited in Lancashire

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2641790 1 Registered provider: A-Triangle Care Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home registered with Ofsted in May 2021 and is operated by a private organisation. It provides care for up to two children.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this visit, there were no children living at the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in December 2024.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 9 and 10 July 2025. The inspector identified serious concerns in relation to safeguarding practices and ineffective leadership and management arrangements.

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This monitoring visit

Following the inspection, a compliance notice was issued under The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 regulation 13, the leadership and management standard.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this visit was to monitor the action taken by the provider in meeting the steps in the compliance notice. Progress has been made since the last inspection. The compliance notice has been met.

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This monitoring visit

Since the previous inspection, two children have moved out of the home.

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Managers have made improvements to the quality of children’s risk management plans. Plans are updated with any recent information to ensure that they are up to date. Staff have completed in-house training and received guidance about the importance of risk management plans. This includes a step-by-step checklist ensuring all relevant and up-to-date information is included. Staff’s understanding of risk management plans has been explored through individual supervisions. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2641790 2 Managers and staff attend regular team meetings and supervisions. Team meetings and supervisions provide opportunities to share information and reflect on training completed.

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Appraisals are now being carried out by the manager. This enables them to provide feedback on staff performance and celebrate achievements.

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Improvements have been made to the quality of management oversight in the home. Managers now ensure that daily documentation is completed by staff, and they now complete a weekly review of children’s daily records.

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Following each significant incident, managers carry out a review of the incident, identifying any learning points or recommendations to make changes to plans and/or practice. This ensures that any identified concerns are acted on and further training and support can be provided to staff.

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The requirements previously issued under regulations 12, 14, 8, 10, 6, 40, 16 and 44 were not reviewed during this visit. For this reason, they are restated.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

09/07/2025 Full Inadequate 10/04/2024 Full Good 04/07/2023 Full Good 26/04/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2641790 3

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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 within the given timescales.

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

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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. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(b))

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The registered person must ensure that there are clear and up-to-date daily records for all children, to ensure that they are protected from harm. 22 August 2025

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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. 12 September Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2641790 4 In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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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. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(b)(i)(ii))

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The registered person must ensure that children are admitted to the home in line with the statement of purpose and that children’s overall experiences are not compromised.

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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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promote opportunities for each child to learn informally;

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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;

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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 12 September Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2641790 5 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. (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(viii)(x)(c))

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The registered person must ensure that staff help children to engage in education, training, or employment as part of a daily structured routine and in accordance with their relevant plans.

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The health and well-being standard is that-

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the health and well-being needs of children are met;

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children receive advice, services, and support in relation to their health and well-being; and

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children are helped to lead healthy lifestyles.

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

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take part in activities, and attend any appointments, for the purpose of meeting the child’s health and well-being needs; and

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understand and develop skills to promote the child’s well- being. (Regulation 10 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv))

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The registered person must ensure that staff encourage children to take a proactive role in looking after their day-to- day health and well-being, in particular around smoking and substance misuse. 12 September

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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. 12 September Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2641790 6 In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—

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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)(c)(i)(ii))

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The registered person must ensure that children’s bedrooms are well maintained and free from hazards.

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

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The registered person must ensure that when a serious incident occurs, Ofsted is notified without delay. 29 August 2025

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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. (Regulation 16 (1)) 29 August 2025

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The registered person must ensure that an independent person visits the children’s home at least once each month. 12 September Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2641790 7 When the independent person is carrying out a visit, the registered person must help the independent person—

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if they consent, to interview in private such of the children, their parents, relatives, and persons working at the home as the independent person requires; and

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to inspect the premises of the home and such of the home’s records (except for a child’s case records unless the child and the child’s placing authority consent) as the independent person requires.

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A visit by the independent person to the home may be unannounced.

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The independent person must produce a report about a visit ("the independent person’s report") which sets out, in particular, the independent person’s opinion as to whether—

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children are effectively safeguarded; and

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the conduct of the home promotes children’s well-being.

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The independent person’s report may recommend actions that the registered person may take in relation to the home and timescales within which the registered person must consider whether or not to take those actions. (Regulation 44 (1) (2)(a)(b) (3) (4)(a)(b) (5))

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The registered person must ensure that any individual appointed to carry out visits to the home as an independent person carries out a rigorous and impartial assessment.

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The registered person must ensure that the independent person regularly consults with the children, family members and staff to gain their opinions about the quality of care provided at the home.

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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: 2641790 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: A-Triangle Care Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 5 Crescent East, Hardhorn Road, Thornton/Cleveleys, Lancashire FY5 3LJ

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Inspector

Stacey Ilaboya, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2641790 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 looked after children, safeguarding, and child protection.

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