Midmeadows

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC457025 1 SC457025 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare 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 by a private company. It provides residential care for up to four children who experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has applied to register with Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

This home was last inspected in September 2021, and no children have lived at the home since July 2022, after leaders decided to temporarily close the home.

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This monitoring visit

The home is currently subject to a condition that requires the provider to give Ofsted three months’ notice before any children move in. The provider informed Ofsted in August 2025 that the home is now ready to reopen.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this visit was to review the home’s readiness to reopen.

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This monitoring visit

The manager has successfully recruited a staff team. Staff are currently redeployed across other children’s homes in the organisation. The manager has some oversight of staff while they work at other homes and stays in contact with them. This enables her to remain connected with her team and will support relationships when the home opens.

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This monitoring visit

New staff complete an onboarding process which includes a varied training package. All staff have completed the mandatory training assigned to them by the manager. This ensures that staff have the skills to support their work with children.

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This monitoring visit

Staff are recruited following safer recruitment processes. The manager ensures that all appropriate pre-employment checks are completed. This helps ensure that staff are safe and appropriate to be working with children. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC457025 2 The organisation has invested heavily in the home and ensured that it is nicely decorated and well resourced. The manager has created a welcoming environment, using decorative items and soft furnishings.

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This monitoring visit

As a result of this visit, Ofsted lifted the condition that requires the provider to give three months’ notice before any children move into the home.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

15/09/2021 Full Good 13/01/2020 Full Good 14/11/2018 Full Outstanding 22/01/2018 Full Good

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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: SC457025 3

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 4th Floor, Parkview, 82 Oxford Road, Uxbridge UB8 1UX

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Inspector

Chrisoula Contoyianni, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: SC457025 4 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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