Children's home run by Rainbows Corner Limited

Inspection report for children’s home: 2550830 1 Registered provider: Rainbows Corner Limited

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned and operated by a private provider. It provides care for up to five children with learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities and/or a sensory impairment.

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Information about this children’s home

The home last had a registered manager on 27 June 2025. The interim manager is still to make their application to Ofsted.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, four children were living at the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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inadequate

How well children and young people are helped and protected inadequate

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inadequate

The effectiveness of leaders and managers inadequate

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inadequate

There are serious and widespread failures that mean children and young people are not protected or their welfare is not promoted or safeguarded.

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inadequate

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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inadequate

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2550830 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

12/06/2024 Full Good 05/12/2023 Full Outstanding 06/12/2022 Full Good 06/07/2021 Full Outstanding Inspection report for children’s home: 2550830 3

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inadequate

The poor leadership and management of the home and poor safeguarding practice have impacted on the overall experiences of the children. Children have mixed experiences of living at the home. Two children have lived at the home for five years and another child for three years. When one child moved into the home recently, leaders and managers failed to ensure that an assessment of the compatibility of the new child with the children already living at the home was completed.

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inadequate

Some of the children attend school and others go to college; they all have good attendance and are making progress in their education. Staff provide the children with lots of opportunities for informal learning to complement their formal education. Children’s additional learning needs are understood, and they are receiving the right support.

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inadequate

Most of the staff team have worked at the home for a long time, which means that staff know the children well and have built strong relationships with them.

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inadequate

Children’s independence is promoted in line with their individual plans. Staff help children to develop daily living skills in line with each child’s individual needs and abilities. Children make progress from their individual starting points.

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inadequate

Children are provided with a range of activities in line with their hobbies and interests. This provides them with new experiences. Children enjoy swimming lessons, fishing, bike rides and trampolining. Furthermore, children enjoyed a summer holiday to the seaside with staff.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

Children’s risk assessments do not identify all known risks for each child, and they do not provide staff with clear guidance related to the supervision of children. Staff’s understanding of their roles and responsibilities in respect of the supervision of children is inconsistent across the team. Risk assessments have not been reviewed, which means that no additional safeguards have been considered. This leaves children at risk of harm.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

Leaders and managers have not assessed the risk of harmful sexual behaviour, and they have not explored how this risk could impact on children moving into the home. There is a lack of insight around risk management, and behaviour indicators for this risk have not been identified. This has led to concerns not being investigated and shared with the child’s placing authority. Inspection report for children’s home: 2550830 4 Online safety has not been well managed. Staff have failed to act when a child made a statement that they were using social media inappropriately. This posed a risk not only to the child living at the home, but to other children in the wider community. This information was not shared with the relevant authorities.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

One child said that they had contact online with a person who is a potential risk to children. No action was taken to investigate the concerns.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

The manager and staff have failed to report a disclosure made by a child about a sexual offence to the police, despite this being the child’s wish. Multiple staff asked the child about the allegation, meaning the child had to repeatedly revisit the experience, and this could have had an impact on any criminal investigation.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

There is a risk assessment in place that provides guidance to ensure that a swimming pool in the garden remains covered when not in use. The pool was uncovered on the day of the inspection. The manager and staff have not responded to this risk assessment to ensure that the environment is safe for children.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: inadequate

Records show that when children have been held, the measure used has been necessary to keep the child and staff safe. However, staff and children have not always been provided with the opportunity to discuss the incident.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

There is a lack of day-to-day management oversight at this home. This means that shortfalls are not being identified, and they are not being addressed. This allows poor practice to continue and increases the potential of a risk of harm to children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Ofsted received a whistle-blowing complaint related to the previous manager’s conduct and professional boundaries related to relationships with one child. Leaders have investigated the concerns, and they have followed internal procedures to address the concerns. The manager is no longer working at the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Leaders and managers have not always ensured that staff are safely recruited. Furthermore, concerns about poor professional boundaries have not been addressed by the manager. This relates to staff being in the bathroom when a child was bathing. The child does not have identified personal care needs in their plan.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The manager has not kept the home’s statement of purpose under review, which means that it does not provide an accurate reflection of the care provided to children. Additionally, staff have not been provided with regular supervision in line with the home’s statement of purpose, and not all staff have received an annual appraisal of their practice. This hinders staff development and prevents reflective practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

The systems in place to monitor and review the quality of care provided to children and staff development are ineffective. The quality of records is inconsistent, and Inspection report for children’s home: 2550830 5 there are significant gaps in children’s records that have not been identified. The language used in some records is not always child centred, and this has not been addressed with staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Staff receive a range of core training. However, not all staff have achieved a relevant residential qualification within regulatory timescales.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: inadequate

Leaders and managers have failed to challenge one child’s placing authority to ensure that decision-making about the child is in the child’s best interest. This relates to the actions taken by the placing authority when a child made a disclosure about historical abuse that they had experienced. Inspection report for children’s home: 2550830 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, 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 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 have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of 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; and

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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(c)(f)(h)) 5 October 2025

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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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that staff— 5 October 2025 Inspection report for children’s home: 2550830 7 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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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare;

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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; and

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

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In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff—

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if the registered person considers, or staff consider, a placing authority’s or a relevant person’s performance or response to be inadequate in relation to their role, challenge the placing authority or the relevant person to seek to ensure that each child’s needs are met in accordance with the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 5 (c)) 12 November

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

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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 12 November Inspection report for children’s home: 2550830 8 best interests when making decisions about the child’s care and welfare. (Regulation 7 (1)(c) (2)(a)(i))

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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 (3)(a)(b)) 12 November

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The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or

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if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home, if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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the individual has the appropriate experience, qualification and skills for the work that the individual is to perform; and

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full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2.

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For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), an individual who works in the home in a care role has the appropriate qualification if, by the relevant date, the individual has attained—

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the Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) (“the Level 3 Diploma”); or

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a qualification which the registered person considers to be equivalent to the Level 3 Diploma.

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in the case of an individual who starts working in a care role in a home after 1st April 2014, the date which falls 2 years after the 12 November Inspection report for children’s home: 2550830 9 date on which the individual started working in a care role in a home. (Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a)(b) (3)(b)(d) (4)(a)(b) (5)(a))

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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; and

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have their performance and fitness to perform their roles appraised at least once every year. (Regulation 33 (4)(a)(b)(c)) 12 November

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within 48 hours of the use of a measure of control, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so (“the authorised person”)—

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has spoken to the user about the measure; and

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has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(b)(i)(ii)(c)) 12 November

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*These requirements are subject to a compliance notice.

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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 for children’s home: 2550830 10

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Rainbows Corner Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: c/o Harris & Co, Marland House, Huddersfield Road, Barnsley, Yorkshire S70 2LW

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Inspectors

Rachel Webster, Social Care Inspector Angela Ross, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2550830 11 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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