Children's home run by Achieving Outcomes Limited

Inspection report for children's home: 2819731 1 Registered provider: Achieving Outcomes Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children's home

The home registered in July 2025 to provide care for one child between the ages of 11 and 17 who may experience emotional and social difficulties.

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Information about this children's home

The manager is suitably qualified and registered with Ofsted in July 2025.

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Information about this children's home

At the time of the inspection, one child was living at the home. The child was seen and spoken to by inspectors.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers requires improvement to be good

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good

The children's home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Date of last inspection: not previously inspected

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: not applicable

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: not applicable Inspection report for children's home: 2819731 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home is a welcoming and well-maintained environment. The child's bedroom is appropriately decorated and personalised to their individual taste.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff ensure that children are supported to attend health appointments. This has meant that the child living in the home has been able to visit the dentist for the first time in many years. Staff ensure that the child is offered healthy food choices and that they are able to help with menu planning and food preparation, something they said that they enjoy. This has also meant that the child living in the home has begun to eat a more varied diet than they previously had before coming to live in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children to develop interests and hobbies. The child living in the home has been supported to take part in photography projects, which they enjoy. Staff have taken the child to places of interest to support them in building their portfolio as they hope to go to college to study photography when they are older.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are supported to maintain relationships with people who are important to them. Staff from the home have taken children to visit family members who live long distances away and supported them so that these visits are safe and positive for children.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff ensure that children's views are listened to and understood. Staff talk to children about the decisions being made about how they are looked after. This means that children feel valued and that they know that their opinions are important.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff have advocated for children to attend school. This has meant the child living in the home has now been offered a new school place since moving into the home from out of the area. While staff have endeavoured to support the child to engage in meaningful educational activity, they have not consistently offered a good enough or effective learning opportunity for the child. As a result, the child has had unstructured days in the home, with little incentive to re-engage in education. This has led to the child missing out on important learning and routine.

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

Staff mostly understand the needs of the child living in the home and are generally aware of how to keep them safe. Staff develop positive relationships with children to enable them to talk about their feelings and any worries that they may have. The child knows how to make a complaint and can identify trusted adults to speak to about any concerns they have.

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

Staff have ensured that the child living in the home has been offered independent advocacy. This allows for their wishes and feelings to be understood. The manager is a strong advocate for the child and works with other professionals to ensure that the Inspection report for children's home: 2819731 3 child's voice is heard and that their views considered when plans for their care are being made.

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

Staff talk to the child about the risk of going missing and what they need to do should this happen. This has meant that the child living in the home understands why staff need to follow them when they leave the home without permission, which has led to episodes of going missing being reduced since the child has lived in the home. Staff know how to complete notifications of significant incidents and ensure that these are completed in a timely manner. An effective missing-from-home protocol is in place.

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

Staff complete training on how to keep children safe online and talk to them about the risks of using the internet and social media. However, staff are not curious enough about the potential risks for the child online, and staff do not have a strong enough understanding of the content the child accesses online. The child has unrestricted access to the internet via a mobile phone. The child also has access to an online game that is rated as having adult content, and staff were not aware of this. This means that staff cannot be sure that the child is always using the internet safely.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The manager is appropriately qualified. Leaders and managers know the child well and aspire for positive outcomes for them. Staff report that they enjoy working in the home and feel well supported by the manager. Professionals working with the home speak positively of the difference that staff have made to children's lives and say that communication is effective.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Safer recruitment checks are not consistently carried out. Some vulnerabilities were identified in the safer recruitment process during the home's registration. Leaders and managers have not taken effective action to address these shortfalls since the home registered or to satisfy themselves that safer recruitment checks are completed. This could mean that children are cared for by unsafe adults.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

At the time of inspection, the manager and staff had not had access to email or electronic records for over two weeks. Leaders and managers have not ensured that appropriate contingency plans are in place or taken swift enough action when IT and recording systems have failed. This has meant that there have been gaps in recording for children and that this has impacted on management oversight. Inspection report for children's home: 2819731 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 within 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

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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Requirement Due date

use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(h)) 21 January 2026

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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,

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Requirement Due date

if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

(Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a)(b) (3)(d)) 21 January 2026 Inspection report for children's home: 2819731 5

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that when children are not participating in education that they work closely with the placing authority so that the child is supported and enabled to resume full-time education as soon as possible. In particular, the registered person must ensure that the child is supported to sustain or regain their confidence in education and be engaged in suitable structured activities. ('Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,' page 28, paragraph 5.15)  The registered person should ensure that staff have the knowledge and skills to recognise and be alert for any signs that might indicate a child is in any way at risk of harm. ('Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards,' page 28, paragraph 9.12)

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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: 2819731 6

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Achieving Outcomes Limited

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: 50 Barnehurst Road, Bexleyheath DA7 6EZ

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Children's home details

Responsible individual: Muhammed Choudhary

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Inspector

Helen Dickens, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2819731 7 regulates 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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