Children's Home run by XYP Childcare Limited in Tameside

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 1 Registered provider: XYP Childcare Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home was registered as a multi-building children’s home in July 2023. The manager registered as part of this registration.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager is no longer overseeing the home. An interim manager is now in post.

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Information about this children’s home

The home provides care for up to two children who may experience social and emotional difficulties, using up to three buildings under a single registration.

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Information about this children’s home

One child was living at the home at the time of this visit.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged as inadequate at the full inspection on the 1 and 2 October 2025. Inspectors identified serious shortfalls in the safeguarding practice and leadership and management of the home.

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This monitoring visit

Ofsted issued two compliance notices under regulation 12, the protection of children standard, and regulation 13, the leadership and management standard.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit was undertaken to monitor the provider’s compliance with these notices.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last visit, one child has moved on from the home. The manager acknowledged to inspectors that the team could not meet all the child’s complex needs. Prior to moving on from the home, there were several significant incidents for the child. Systems are now in place for staff to record all incidents for children. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 2 However, records do not demonstrate that staff always take effective action to safeguard the child during incidents.

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This monitoring visit

Staff do not always recognise risks for the child and others in the home. During one incident involving the child’s tutor visiting the home, staff did not take action to de- escalate the situation when the child was presenting as distressed and hostile. This was despite professionals visiting the home being identified as a known trigger for verbal and physical aggression for the child. One member of staff left the home, and another situated themselves a significant distance away from the child and their tutor. As a result, the tutor was subject to verbal abuse, was prevented from leaving the home by the child and experienced threats of violence. The manager did not identify all these shortfalls following the incident.

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This monitoring visit

Children’s plans include their known risks and vulnerabilities. However, staff do not always follow children’s plans to effectively safeguard children. Following an incident of one child piercing their own ears, staff did not undertake a room search, as identified within the child’s risk assessment, to ensure that the child did not have access to any items that posed a risk of further harm. Furthermore, strategies were not reviewed or implemented to reduce the risk of the child repeating this behaviour.

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This monitoring visit

Records do not evidence that staff take effective action when children are struggling with their mental health. Records for one incident did not demonstrate that staff followed the child’s plans to conduct a room search or that they supervised the child when they were expressing thoughts of suicide and self-harm. As a result, the child self-harmed and was then taken to hospital.

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This monitoring visit

The registered manager is no longer overseeing the home. The responsible individual informed Ofsted of his decision to remove the registered manager from his post following the last inspection. The home is currently being overseen by an interim manager, who was previously employed as the deputy manager. She has developed a positive relationship with the child who lives in the home and the child told inspectors that they enjoy spending time with her.

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This monitoring visit

Since being in post, the interim manager has implemented new systems, for example, to oversee and monitor the care that staff provide for children. The manager has promoted reflective practice in the home through specific reflective practice sessions, safeguarding quizzes and practice-based scenarios. However, it was difficult to review the effectiveness of these in respect of care practices as only one member of staff was at the home.

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This monitoring visit

The oversight of incidents for children has improved. Records demonstrate that the manager reviews incidents. However, the manager has reviewed incidents that she has been involved in. This means that there has been no independent oversight of incidents in the home. In addition, the manager did not identify or recognise the shortfalls in the quality of recording. As a result, records do not provide a clear and Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 3 accurate account of events and do not evidence that staff are safeguarding children effectively. The provider has not taken sufficient action to meet the compliance notices issued under regulation 12, the protection of children standard, and regulation 13, the leadership and management standard.

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This monitoring visit

Requirements from the last full inspection were not looked at as part of this visit and will be reviewed at the next inspection.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

01/10/2025 Full Inadequate 02/07/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good 23/01/2024 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 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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*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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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child’s welfare; and

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are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies;

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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;

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that the effectiveness of the home’s child protection policies is monitored regularly. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(b)(e))

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Leaders and managers must ensure that staff take effective action to safeguard children, and that all action taken is 11 January 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 5 clearly evidenced in children’s records. Ensure that children’s plans include clear and specific strategies for staff to follow to manage children’s risks and specific behaviours, and that these strategies reduce risk and remain relevant and effective.

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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 work as a team where appropriate;

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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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ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to 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;

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

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In particular, leaders and managers should ensure that all shortfalls in staff’s caring and safeguarding practices are identified and effective action is taken to address these. 11 January 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 6 This requirement is restated.

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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.

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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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plan for, and help, each child to prepare to leave the home or to move into adult care in a way that is consistent with arrangements agreed with the child’s placing authority;

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that each child’s relevant plans are followed. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(b)(i)(iii)(c))

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Specifically, leaders and managers must ensure that all information is shared with local authorities prior to children moving into and out of the home, that leaders and managers get to know children when they move in and that moves out of the home are planned and in the child’s best interests. 11 January 2026

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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.

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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;

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose; 11 January 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 7 protect and promote each child’s welfare;

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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;

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make decisions about the day-to-day arrangements for each child, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans, which give the child an appropriate degree of freedom and choice. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(ix))

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In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that care is delivered in line with the child’s individual and relevant plans.

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The registered person must maintain records ("case records") for each child which—

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include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

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are signed and dated by the author of each entry. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c))

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In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that children’s records are kept up to date and accurate.

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This requirement is restated. 11 January 2026

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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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that staff— 11 January 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 8 meet each child’s behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child’s relevant plans;

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help each child to develop socially aware behaviour;

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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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understand how children’s previous experiences and present emotions can be communicated through behaviour and have the competence and skills to interpret these and develop positive relationships with children;

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are provided with supervision and support to enable them to understand and manage their own feelings and responses to the behaviour and emotions of children, and to help children to do the same;

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that each child is encouraged to build and maintain positive relationships with others. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(ix)(x)(b))

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In particular, staff must ensure that children are helped to understand what acceptable behaviour is and support the child to overcome barriers in engaging with staff and professionals.

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*These requirements are subject of a compliance notice. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 9

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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: 2719899 10

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 43 Stamford Road, Mossley, Ashton-Under-Lyne OL5 0BG

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Philip Hogan-Birse

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Inspectors

Claire Hobbs, Social Care Inspector Judith Birchall, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2719899 11 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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