Children's Home run by Nurture Childcare Services Ltd in Lancashire

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1238043 1 Registered provider: Nurture Childcare Services 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 is owned by a private provider. It provides care for up to four children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, 3 children were living at the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in February 2024.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was undertaken to seek assurance that the provider had taken all appropriate actions in response to a fire incident at the home on 17 January 2026, as identified in a regulation 40 safeguarding notification.

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This monitoring visit

Staff took appropriate and timely action during the fire incident to safeguard the children and themselves. The emergency services were contacted and no physical injuries occurred. Staff ensured that the children were safe and settled once the emergency services had left the home. Staff informed all relevant agencies of the incident.

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This monitoring visit

The registered manager completed debriefs with both the children and staff following the incident. A staff member involved in the incident reported that they feel supported by leaders and managers.

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This monitoring visit

The relevant risk assessment has been updated for the child. However, this has not been discussed with the child yet. There is an up-to-date fire risk assessment in place.

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This monitoring visit

Staff are up to date with training in safeguarding, fire safety and health and safety. Refresher safeguarding training is arranged for staff to attend in February 2026. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1238043 2 Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) has recently been completed and the provider is awaiting the certificate.

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This monitoring visit

Fire drills take place regularly and include children and staff. Staff encourage children to take part in fire drills, including when they are reluctant to do so. Records are clear and detail who was involved and the time taken to evacuate the house. There is management oversight of these records.

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This monitoring visit

Requirements made at the last inspection are outside the scope of this visit. These will be reviewed at the next inspection. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1238043 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

30/09/2025 Full Good 03/12/2024 Full Good 23/05/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good 04/01/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1238043 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

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

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Requirement Due date

Specifically, the registered person must ensure that staff take effective action to prevent harm to children, including the use of physical intervention when necessary and proportionate.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that strategies in place to safeguard the child are effective, in particular regarding the risks of children’s mobile phone use. 30 March 2026

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

are kept up to date. (Regulation 36 (1)(b)) 30 March 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1238043 5 Specifically, the registered person must ensure that children’s plans contain accurate and up-to-date information regarding their care.

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that there are effective systems in place to record and review children’s progress in regard to developing skills for independence. ((‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 52, 10.5)

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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: 1238043 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Nurture Childcare Services Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Calls Wharf, C/O Pebbles Care Ltd, 2 The Calls, Leeds LS2 7JU

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Inspector

Dawn Walker, Regulatory Inspection Manager Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 1238043 7 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector

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