Children's Home run by ANKH-A Ltd in Luton

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2784900 1 Registered provider: ANKH-A Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is privately operated and provides care for up to three children who experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this visit, no children were living at the home. There have been no children living at the home since April 2025.

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Information about this children’s home

There has been no registered manager since May 2025.

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This monitoring visit

At the full inspection on 29 April 2025, the home was judged inadequate. Compliance notices were served under regulation 12 (the protection of children standard) and regulation 13 (the leadership and management standard). At a monitoring visit on 19 June 2025, it was determined that the compliance notices were unmet. Following the visit, Ofsted suspended the home’s registration.

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This monitoring visit

On 30 July and 18 September 2025, two further monitoring visits took place. At these visits, leaders and managers had begun to make progress. Despite this, the management arrangements were not satisfactory. The suspension of the home’s registration remained in effect.

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This monitoring visit

Before this visit on 2 December 2025, the interim responsible individual advised Ofsted that a new manager had commenced employment. The purpose of this visit was to fully understand the new management arrangements. A suitable person interview with the interim responsible individual also took place.

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This monitoring visit

The new manager started their role on 29 September 2025. He has previously been a manager, although this will be his first registered manager’s position. He has spent time understanding the policies and processes used by the organisation. He has Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2784900 2 considered the changes that need to be made and offered leaders sensible advice. Trusting relationships are being developed between the manager and the directors to ensure that the values and practices align. This is reflected through collaborative working. The manager has applied to register with Ofsted, demonstrating his commitment.

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This monitoring visit

The manager is in the process of providing supervision sessions to the team. He has chaired team meetings and provided training. During the training, he has explained areas where he has learned lessons and has passed this on to the team to help them better understand the expectations.

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This monitoring visit

The responsible individual and director have thorough support systems in place for the manager. This involves regular visits from the responsible individual that focus on safeguarding matters and visits from the director that focus on other aspects of the home. This combined approach ensures better oversight.

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This monitoring visit

Staff continue to participate in relevant training. This has also taken place with bank staff and agency staff. This means that all adults who work at the home have the appropriate knowledge to provide trauma-informed care to children.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have recruited new staff to join the team, including a senior residential worker and a deputy manager. This ensures that there is adequate experienced staff spread across the rota.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers are determined to improve all aspects of the service, and progress of this is evident. As a result, the suspension of the home’s registration has been lifted. Some requirements remain outstanding, as further work is needed in practice to demonstrate that these have been met. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2784900 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

29/04/2025 Full Inadequate 10/03/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2784900 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, 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 with the given timescales.

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child;

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that leaders and managers are skilled safeguarding practitioners and respond to safeguarding matters appropriately.

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Requirement Due date

Furthermore, ensure that staff clearly understand care plans, risk assessments and other relevant documents and that these are kept up to date.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement is restated. 1 February 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2784900 5 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

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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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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Requirement Due date

take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare; and

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Requirement Due date

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)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(b))

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Requirement Due date

leaders and managers must be skilled at recognising safeguarding matters;

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safeguarding matters must be reported without delay in line with the safeguarding policies and procedures;

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effective action must be taken to keep children safe following any safeguarding incidents;

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risk assessments must be thorough and cover all known risks and vulnerabilities for children and provide staff with clear guidance and instructions on how to keep children safe; 1 February 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2784900 6 staff must be aware of the action to take when risks increase, including follow-up work to ensure children’s safety;

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Requirement Due date

incidents must be reviewed, evaluated and assessed for risk, with strategies to minimise risks identified, understood by staff and actioned when needed;

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Requirement Due date

managers and staff must be alert to the dynamic relationships between children;

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Requirement Due date

current and relevant information must be included in risk assessments, and staff must be provided with effective strategies to respond;

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Requirement Due date

leaders and managers must identify and respond to allegations against staff appropriately. This includes reporting to multi-agency partners and implementing strategies to assess whether staff can continue working safely with children, taking appropriate action when necessary to safeguard children and others.

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

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; ensure that staff—

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose; protect and promote each child’s welfare;

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treat each child with dignity and respect;

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provide personalised care that meets each child’s needs, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans, taking account of the child’s background. 1 February 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2784900 7 (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv))

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Requirement Due date

The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on—

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an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and

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positive responses to other children and adults.

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

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meet each child's behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child's relevant plans;

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encourage each child to take responsibility for the child's behaviour, in accordance with the child's age and understanding;

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help each child to develop and practise skills to resolve conflicts positively and without harm to anyone;

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communicate to each child expectations about the child's behaviour and ensure that the child understands those expectations in accordance with the child's age and understanding.

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(Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(iv)(v))

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This requirement is restated. 1 February 2026

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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 notification made under this regulation—

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the matter; 1 February 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2784900 8 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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must be made or confirmed in writing. (Regulation 40 (4)(c) (5)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(b))

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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: 2784900 9

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: C/o GP Accountancy & Taxation Solutions Ltd, 77 Butler Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 4DS

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Inspector

Hannah Phillips, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2784900 10 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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