Children's home run by Rainbows Corner Limited

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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 not yet registered with 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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This monitoring visit

On 18 and 19 August 2025, Rachel Webster and Angela Ross, social care regulatory inspectors carried out a full inspection at the children’s home. The inspectors judged the home to be inadequate as there were significant breaches in regulations relating to the leadership and management of the home. At a case review on 20 August 2025, it was agreed that Ofsted would issue a restriction of accommodation notice, and a compliance notice under Regulation 13.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was carried out to monitor the providers compliance with the restriction of accommodation notice, and to review the progress made by the provider in terms of meeting the steps in the compliance notice.

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This monitoring visit

There were four children living at the home at the time of the visit. No children have moved into the home. The provider had therefore complied with the restriction of accommodation notice.

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This monitoring visit

Senior leaders have taken prompt action and conducted an internal investigation into the shortfalls identified at the full inspection in relation to the leadership and management of the home. As a result, senior leaders now have a clear action plan for the development of the home, the manager and the staff team. In addition to Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2550830 2 this, an external agency has been commissioned to conduct a quarterly review of the leadership and management of the home.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has submitted his application to register with Ofsted. Leaders are in the process of recruiting an experienced responsible individual. Interim arrangements to provide the manager with additional support are in place and provided externally.

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This monitoring visit

Policies relating to the admission of children to the home have been reviewed. Children’s individual impact risk assessments have been updated. These assessments now reflect the most up to date information about the risks for each child and the potential impact those risks could have on other children moving into the home.

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This monitoring visit

Safeguarding training is booked for managers and staff. Team meetings and supervisions have been utilised for additional training and learning activities to refresh safeguarding knowledge. However, at the point of this visit it was too early to evaluate the impact of these measures and weather these have been effective in upskilling the staff team.

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Children’s individual risk assessments are detailed, up to date, and kept under review by the manager. They provide clear steps for staff to follow, including guidance relating to the supervision of children in line with their individual plans.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders have addressed the shortfalls in safe recruitment that were identified at the full inspection. There has been an internal review of all staff recruitment files and gaps have been addressed. Leaders have reviewed their safe recruitment documents to align with regulatory requirements. All individuals involved in the recruitment of staff, including the manager have been provided with additional training.

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This monitoring visit

The systems used to monitor and review the quality of care provided to children have improved. This means that the manager and his deputy have a better oversight of the home. However, these systems are not yet embedded and therefore effectiveness cannot be tested.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has met the steps in the compliance notice. The requirements from the full inspection on 18 and 19 August 2025 have not been reviewed at this visit these will be restated. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2550830 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

19/08/2025 Full Inadequate 12/06/2024 Full Good 05/12/2023 Full Outstanding 06/12/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2550830 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, 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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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

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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Requirement Due date

help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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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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)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(b)(d))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 21 November 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2550830 5 In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff—

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Requirement Due date

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))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 21 November 2025

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

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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. (Regulation 7 (1)(c) (2)(a)(i))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 21 November 2025

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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))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 21 November 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety. 21 November 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2550830 6 The registered person may only—

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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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Requirement Due date

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 date on which the individual started working in a care role in a home. (Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a)(b) (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))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 21 November 2025

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that— 21 November 2025 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2550830 7 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))

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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: 2550830 8

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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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Inspector

Rachel Webster, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2550830 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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Inspector

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