Children's Home run by Beaufort Care Group Ltd in Hampshire

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2830418 1 Registered provider: Beaufort Care Group 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 registered with Ofsted on 31 July 2025 and is owned and operated by a private organisation. It provides care for up to 3 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in July 2025.

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This monitoring visit

At the home’s full inspection on 17 and 18 December 2026, serious concerns were identified in relation to the safety of children. Ofsted identified that children’s bullying behaviours were not being responded to adequately, and children said they did not feel safe in the home. As a result, a compliance notice was issued in relation to regulation 12 (the protection of children standard). The purpose of this visit was to determine the progress that leaders and managers have made to address the concerns outlined in the compliance notice. As a result of this visit, the compliance notice was found to be met.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have implemented a programme of training and development to ensure that staff have the necessary knowledge and skills to protect children from harm. Staff have attended a workshop to refresh their understanding of child safety and the actions they should take if they have any concerns. Staff have also undertaken anti-bullying training, consisting of an online module and face-to-face training to enhance their understanding of how to identify bullying, how to intervene during incidents and how to help them manage relationships between children.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have increased their oversight of practice in the home. A new manager has recently been appointed, and the new responsible individual is spending more time in the home and is now more actively present in day-to-day operations. The head of quality compliance is also providing support, contributing to Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2830418 2 a stronger management presence in the home. This strengthened leadership and improved visibility have clarified expectations for staff and enhanced communication across the team, resulting in improved consistency and routine in their practice and for the children.

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This monitoring visit

Staff are now clearer about the expectations of the actions they should take following incidents of concern between children. They are now having conversations with children following incidents to provide them with an opportunity to discuss their experiences. In addition, staff now have opportunities to reflect together on how they responded to incidents, and managers are recording their observations on the quality of staff interventions during incidents. There is increased oversight of incidents, staff interventions, and patterns of children’s behaviour.

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This monitoring visit

One child has recently left the home; this decision was made by leaders as they had assessed that the staff did not have the skills to keep the children safe if they all continued living together. Since the child left, the remaining children have begun to settle and are much calmer.

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This monitoring visit

Despite these improvements, staff are not consistently encouraging children to reflect on their behaviours following incidents or helping them understand how their actions affect others. Incidents have reduced, and children are now safer. However, it is not consistently clear that this is due to the work undertaken by staff. As a result, a new requirement has been raised to address this.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers acknowledge the shortfalls identified during the previous inspection and recognise that they are on a journey of improvement. They have identified that further action is needed to improve children’s care and experiences. Leaders and managers have implemented an action plan and demonstrate commitment to taking this forward.

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This monitoring visit

Due to the nature of this visit, requirements and recommendations from the full inspection were not considered and therefore remain in place. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2830418 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

17/12/2025 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2830418 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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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure—

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

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that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and protect each child effectively from harm. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(iv)(b))

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In particular, the registered person must ensure that there are clear plans to keep children safe and that staff have the necessary skills and training to manage relationships between children effectively. Additionally, the registered person must ensure that staff receive sufficient support to help them keep children safe. 16 February 2026

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In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff—

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seek to involve each child’s placing authority effectively in the child’s care, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans;

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seek to secure the input and services required to meet each child’s needs;

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if the registered person considers, or staff consider, a placing authority’s or a relevant person’s performance or response to be inadequate in relation to their role, challenge the placing authority or the relevant person to seek to ensure that each child’s needs are met in accordance with the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 5 (a)(b)(c)) 16 February 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2830418 5 In particular, the registered person must ensure that they engage effectively with the local authority and wider partner agencies in the safety planning for children. When external professionals are not meeting children’s needs, the registered manager must ensure that there is effective challenge to ensure that children’s needs are met in a timely manner.

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The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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

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help each child to achieve the child’s education and training targets, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans. (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i))

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In particular, the registered person should ensure that there are clear plans to structure children’s days when they do not attend school full time, with activities and tasks that have an educational theme and promote their educational attainment. 16 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

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

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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)(h))

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In particular, the registered person must have effective oversight of incidents occurring in the home, ensuring that reflective practice is embedded effectively and that learning from incidents informs future practice and planning for children. 16 February 2026

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The care planning standard is that children— 16 February 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2830418 6 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. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b))

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In particular, the registered person should ensure that moves into and out of the home are carefully planned and that new children are only admitted to the home when staff are able to meet the needs of all the children at the home.

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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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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 and communicate to children that bullying is unacceptable; and

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have the skills to recognise incidents or indications of bullying and how to deal with them; and 31 March 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2830418 7 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)(xii)(xiii)(b))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that staff encourage children to reflect on their behaviours following incidents and help them understand how their actions affect others.

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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: 2830418 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Beaufort Care Group Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Unit 2, Hollygrove Business Park, Verwood Road, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 2DB

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Inspector

Melissa McMillan, Regulatory Inspection Manager Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2830418 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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