Children's Home run by Homes 2 Inspire Limited in Somerset

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2719389 1 Registered provider: Homes 2 Inspire 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 part of a partnership with a placing authority to provide care for up to 3 children with social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

No children were living in the home at the time of this inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

A new manager is in post. They have not yet applied to register with Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

An assurance inspection was carried out on 27 November 2025. The inspector found serious and widespread concerns in relation to the leadership and management of the home, the protection of children and how children are supported to develop positive relationships. Consequently, compliance notices were issued under Regulations 11, 12 and 13. In addition, a notice restricting the accommodation of the home was issued. A monitoring visit to determine the progress leaders and managers had made to address the concerns outlined in the compliance notices took place on 15 January 2026. The inspector found that the compliance notices had not been met. On 19 January 2026, a further compliance notice was issued under Regulation 13.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this monitoring visit was to determine the progress that leaders and managers had made to address the concerns outlined in the compliance notice. At the time of this visit, no children were living at the home and the notice restricting the accommodation at the home remained in place.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have recognised the need to make changes to ensure that managers and staff can meet the needs of children who may live in the home. They have the continued aim that any child who moves into the home will exhibit low-risk behaviours. However, the updated statement of purpose did not clearly reflect this. The document was further updated following discussions at the inspection. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2719389 2 A thorough review of all practice in the home has been completed. The review identifies significant shortfalls in practice. This includes insufficient leadership and management oversight, insufficient quality assurance, a lack of support for staff, a lack of multidisciplinary working and not ensuring children’s wellbeing and safety.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders have identified that they need to improve their oversight over all aspects of the care children receive. Plans to carry out on-site weekly audits designed to identify shortfalls in practice and highlight where additional guidance and support are required are in place. These audits will be shared with senior leaders. This aims to provide additional oversight of the care provided and avoid any delays in addressing emerging concerns.

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This monitoring visit

The new staff team members, who were recruited before the last monitoring visit, lack experience of working in residential children’s homes. They have now completed their induction training. This covers training that the organisation deems as essential to their role. Staff who were spoken to said that the training was interesting and beneficial to their development. They have begun to consider their learning in practice by completing 2 opportunities of observing staff practice in other operating children’s homes. However, there have been limited opportunities for them to develop their understanding of safeguarding and apply their learning in practice, and the team’s capacity to meet the needs of the children in care remains untested.

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This monitoring visit

Staff are not yet receiving good-quality, reflective supervision sessions. There is very limited communication between the managers who are overseeing staff when observing practice in other children’s homes and the manager who is providing them with supervision sessions. Written feedback about staff does not provide any analysis or evaluation of their progress and does not consider their developmental needs. Consequently, there is insufficient monitoring and review of staff’s ability to put training into practice. In addition, managers have not supported staff to reflect on their training and knowledge or consider how this relates to their practice, which further raises concerns about the team’s ability to meet children’s needs and keep them safe.

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This monitoring visit

The manager and deputy manager continue to complete the training and development that the organisation deems necessary for them to carry out their roles effectively. The manager has spent time completing induction training with staff and developing relationships. They have spent time with an experienced registered manager to gain an insight into their role. However, they have no experience of working in or managing a children’s home and have not yet had the opportunity to spend time in an open children’s home. Their ability to manage a children’s home and provide consistently good-quality and safe care has not yet been demonstrated. Since the last visit, there has been no progress in completing the deputy manager’s development plan. This provides little assurance that there will be effective day-to- day management in the home. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2719389 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

15/10/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 30/04/2024 Full Good 18/07/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2719389 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 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 to aspire to their full potential; and

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(c))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, leaders and managers must ensure that leaders, managers and staff have the required experience, skills and knowledge to provide safe, consistent and effective care to each child. In addition, leaders and managers must ensure that staff receive supervision sessions that support them to reflect on their learning and put this into practice. 1 April 2026

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Requirement Due date

The care planning standard is that children—

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Requirement Due date

receive effectively planned care in or through the children’s home; and

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Requirement Due date

have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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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

that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended 9 January 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2719389 5 that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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Requirement Due date

ensure the effective induction of each child into the home. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(i))

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that they provide a safe, homely and comfortable home environment for children. Repairs to the home should be completed in a timely manner. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.9)

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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: 2719389 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Homes 2 Inspire Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Lumonics House, Valiant Office Suites, Valley Drive, Rugby CV21 1TQ

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Inspector

Carla Simkiss, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2719389 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 looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector

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