Children's Home run by Bedspace Resource Ltd in Staffordshire

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2689205 1 Registered provider: Bedspace Resource Ltd

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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 and operated by a private company. It provides care for up to three children. Children may have emotional or social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager is appropriately qualified and experienced. He registered with Ofsted in December 2024.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the monitoring visit, the same child was living in the home at the previous inspection. The inspector spent time with the child.

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This monitoring visit

A full inspection was carried out on 11 and 12 November 2025. Serious and widespread concerns were identified relating to the help and protection of children and the leadership and management of the home. As a result, Ofsted issued compliance notices under regulations 12 and 13 of The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this visit was to assess the progress the provider has made towards meeting the compliance notices issued at the last inspection.

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This monitoring visit

Requirements issued at the last inspection were not reviewed as part of this monitoring visit and will therefore remain in place. While some actions identified within the compliance notices have been carried out, the compliance notices were not met overall and have been restated.

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This monitoring visit

Managers’ oversight of safeguarding incidents is not robust. Specifically, managers have not maintained oversight of incidents when the child has self-harmed or been at risk from harming themselves. Staff action to keep the child safe has not been critically evaluated and follow-up actions have not been identified. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2689205 2 Incidents when the child has been at risk of self-harm have been inappropriately recorded as records of conversation with the child. Managers, therefore, do not have an accurate overview of the child’s behaviours, and the risk to the child from self-harm is poorly understood.

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This monitoring visit

The child shows complex behaviours and can be opportunistic. Staff are not always sufficiently vigilant around the child. For example, on one occasion, the child was able to overhear information exchanged by staff that enabled the child to override restrictions on their phone and access unsuitable sites. The child was also able to take items from the home’s office for self-harm.

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This monitoring visit

Despite these shortfalls, there have been improvements. Staff feel very supported by senior leaders and in particular the responsible individual who they describe as a ‘great’ and ‘on top of things’. They feel the new responsible individual and deputy have established routines and boundaries that have benefited the child.

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This monitoring visit

Staff want the best for the child, and relationships between staff and the child are warm and affectionate. The child is making progress in all areas of their development. Their attendance at school is now excellent. The routine of regular school attendance and the implementation of firm boundaries have enabled the child to make significant progress in acquiring skills that enable them to be more independent. Children’s internal placement plans have been changed and now include the child’s views and are focused on their progress.

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This monitoring visit

Safeguarding policies have been revisited with staff in team meetings and in individual supervisions. When the child raises concerns, staff now use professional curiosity to explore the child’s concerns. They then share information with the child’s social worker. The social worker said that staff now interact with the child therapeutically and they listen to the child’s voice.

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This monitoring visit

Senior leaders have strengthened investigative practice and safeguarding oversight through a review of investigation procedures and training of staff.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have received training online in internet safety and self-harm. Additionally, some staff have received training in restorative practice and therapeutic care from the home’s therapist. Further training to include all staff is planned. Agency staff have been recruited into the core staff team and are included in all training. Managers embed therapeutic practice through regular reflective discussions and effective challenge of staff practice. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2689205 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

11/11/2025 Full Inadequate 02/12/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good 17/07/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2689205 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 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. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(v)(vi))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that all staff, including managers, receive guidance in identifying, analysing and responding to risks to children, including self-harm. The registered person must ensure that risks to children are fully understood and that actions taken to reduce any possible risk of harm are effective. Additionally, managers should ensure that risk management plans are updated with guidance for staff when new risks emerge. 1 February 2026

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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 1 February 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2689205 5 promotes their welfare.

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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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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 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(c)(f)(h))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically relates to managers ensuring that they monitor incidents effectively and promptly when children show high-risk behaviours. Additionally, this relates to the registered person ensuring that staff and managers have the relevant training, skills and experience to provide safe and effective care to children.

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Requirement Due date

This also relates to the registered person ensuring that managers and staff receive training and guidance in the home’s therapeutic model. Additionally, the registered person must ensure that staff consistently implement the agreed approach and ensure that all responses to behaviours, including consequences, are sensitive, restorative and align with the home’s therapeutic model.

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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 1 February 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2689205 6 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

full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a)(b) (3)(d))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically relates to managers ensuring that recruitment practice for agency staff employed to work in the home are safe.

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ensure that each employee completes an appropriate induction

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The registered person must ensure that all employees—

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receive practice-related supervision by a person with appropriate experience. (Regulation 33 (1)(a) (4)(a))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically relates to the registered person ensuring that all staff, including managers, receive regular, recorded supervision that provides meaningful opportunities for reflection on practice, supports their wellbeing and promotes children’s safety and welfare. 1 February 2026

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must compile in relation to the children’s home a statement ("the statement of purpose") which covers the matters listed in Schedule 1.

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Requirement Due date

Subject to paragraph (6), the registered person must ensure that the home is at all times conducted in a manner which is consistent with its statement of purpose. (Regulation 16 (1) (5))

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Requirement Due date

This specifically relates to the registered person ensuring that the care and support provided to children aligns with the home’s statement of purpose. 1 February 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2689205 7 *These requirements are subject of a compliance notice.

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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: 2689205 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Bedspace Resource Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 473 Chester Road, Manchester M16 9HF

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Inspector

Karen Gillingwater, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2689205 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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