Children's home run by Cambian Childcare Limited

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2770974 1 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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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 privately owned. It provides care for up to 5 children with mental health difficulties and who may not be able to live in the community without continued support.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, no children were living at the home.

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Information about this children’s home

There has been no registered manager since 12 March 2025.

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Information about this children’s home

There is a separately registered school on site. The inspectors only inspected the social care provision.

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Information about this children’s home

The registration of the home is currently suspended.

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This monitoring visit

An assurance visit took place on 8 December 2025, where there were serious and widespread concerns relating to children’s safety and the leadership and management of the home. As a result, compliance notices were issued under Regulation 12, ‘The protection of children standard’, and Regulation 13, ‘The leadership and management standard’. On 20 January 2026, a monitoring visit took place.

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This monitoring visit

During the monitoring visit it was identified that the organisation had not met the steps in the compliance notices. The decline in the level of care being provided to children was very concerning, leading to the registration of the home being suspended. The purpose of this visit was to monitor compliance with the suspension notice and to explore how the organisation is meeting other regulatory requirements. The organisation is adhering to the suspension of the registration. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2770974 2 Following the last inspection and the imposition of the suspension, two children moved out of the home. No children have moved in. The home has remained closed since the two children moved out.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers are aware that further work is needed to ensure that children can live safely at the home. Senior leaders were honest about what has been completed so far.

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This monitoring visit

The organisation has not been able to demonstrate that sufficient progress has been made. There is no management team or staff team. The organisation has begun a recruitment campaign to source a manager; however, no offer of employment has been made. A senior manager advised that there is no plan to open the home until a manager is in place.

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This monitoring visit

All the members of the staff team have been redeployed to other homes on the same site. There has been no learning exercise with any of them, either individually or as a group, to consider the events that led up to the suspension. Staff have not been provided with time to reflect on their experiences. This means staff have not had an opportunity to discuss their concerns and improve their practice.

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This monitoring visit

Staff from the home have not been provided with supervision sessions to help them understand what is required of them in their roles in other services. This is a missed opportunity by managers to develop and improve staff practices.

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This monitoring visit

Senior managers have not reviewed the serious incidents that led up to the suspension, despite these being referred to in several notifications received by Ofsted after the inspection. This means that senior managers cannot be sure that staff who are working in other homes have always responded to children in safe ways.

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This monitoring visit

At time of the last inspection, the manager was under a performance improvement plan. Since the last inspection, the manager has been continuing to have management responsibilities, including providing on-call advice and carrying out investigations. However, the performance plan has not been reviewed at all. This means that despite clear issues with the manager’s capability, particularly in relation to keeping children safe, there has been no senior management oversight to ensure learning and accountability. This has led to the manager contributing to a significant safeguarding incident in another home involving two children. Senior managers have not ensured that poor management practice is effectively responded to.

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This monitoring visit

Some staff are currently under investigation, and they are still working in other homes on the site. At the time of the monitoring visit, a senior manager advised that one investigation had been completed. However, the report demonstrated gaps in the investigation process that have not been followed up. This means that the investigation process is not rigorous and investigating officers are not skilled at ensuring that full details are collected to fully learn from incidents and to ensure fair outcomes for staff. The details of this investigation and the staff member involved has not been notified to Ofsted. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2770974 3 Some staff have received training; however, this is only evidenced for staff who are working at one of the homes. This means that, despite working in other homes, it isn’t clear if the members of the staff team are trained to provide effective care.

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This monitoring visit

Senior managers have not fully understood the serious failings that led to the suspension. Staff and the manager have continued working in other homes without reflection and learning being completed. This has contributed to continued further harm being caused to children in other homes. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2770974 4

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

07/04/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 28/10/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good 30/07/2024 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2770974 5

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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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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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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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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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demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on—

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feedback on the experiences of children, including complaints received; and

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use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home.

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(Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(f)(g)(ii)(h))

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In particular, through a review of serious incidents, leaders and managers must provide effective oversight and monitoring of safeguarding practice, including recognising complaints and allegations and ensuring that these are responded to effectively. 9 April 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2770974 6 Leaders and managers must ensure that effective debriefs are undertaken with staff and children following safeguarding and other incidents.

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Requirement Due date

Leaders and managers must ensure that they provide effective day-to-day oversight of staff practice and take timely action to address poor staff practice.

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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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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

have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm;

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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 that the home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm.

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Requirement Due date

(Regulation (12) (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(v)(vi)(b))

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In particular, the registered person must ensure that staff are skilled and aware and take all the necessary action in response to self-harm and other safeguarding incidents,

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that accurate records are in place that clearly describe the action taken by staff, that staff understand their roles and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding, that they engage 9 April 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2770974 7 with children and that all necessary action is taken to provide safe and effective care for children.

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Requirement Due date

The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children; and

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose; protect and promote each child’s welfare.

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(Regulation (6) (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(i)(ii))

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This requirement is restated. 9 April 2026

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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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meet each child’s behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child’s relevant plans.

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(Regulation (11) (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)) 9 April 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2770974 8 The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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Requirement Due date

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;

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understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child to overcome any such barriers;

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promote opportunities for each child to learn informally;

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help each child to attend education or training in accordance with the expectations in the child’s relevant plans.

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Leaders and managers must ensure that staff clearly understand the plans to encourage children’s school attendance and that detailed records demonstrate how staff are fulfilling the plans using the therapeutic model of care.

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This requirement is restated. 9 April 2026

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The health and well-being standard is that—

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children are helped to lead healthy lifestyles.

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In particular, ensure that children have clear routines and rhythms in place and that staff are aware of and understand the plans, and that detailed records are in place to demonstrate how staff are putting the plans into practice using the prescribed model of care.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement is restated. 9 April 2026

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The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if— 9 April 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2770974 9 a child is involved in or subject to, or is suspected of being involved in or subject to, sexual exploitation;

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an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child which the registered person considers to be serious;

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there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there;

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a child protection enquiry involving a child —

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or concludes (in which case, the notification must include the outcome of the child protection enquiry); or

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there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious.

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(Regulation 40 (4)(a)(b)(c)(d)(i)(ii)(e))

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The registered provider must appoint a person to manage the children’s home if—

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there is no registered manager in respect of the home.

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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: 2770974 10

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 4th Floor Parkview, 82 Oxford Road, Uxbridge, England UB8 1UX

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Inspector

Hannah Phillips, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2770974 11 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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Inspector

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