Children's Home run by Sirius Childcare Ltd in Bradford

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2864649 1 Registered Provider: Sirius Childcare Ltd

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Inspected under the common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned and managed by a private provider. It provides care for up to 3 children who may have social and emotional difficulties. Two children were living at the home at the time of this visit.

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Information about this children’s home

The home was registered with Ofsted in January 2026. The manager was registered at the same time. The home has not yet been inspected.

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This monitoring visit

Ofsted carried out this visit to address specific concerns or allegations. These related to concerns about safer recruitment practices and were received from multiple sources. The visit focused on these concerns.

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This monitoring visit

One of the children living in the home has made several complaints to the provider. The provider has not shown sufficient professional curiosity around these complaints. Full investigations have not taken place and some of the records of conversations about the complaints are poor. This is not aligned to the provider’s complaints policy and does not ensure that children are effectively safeguarded.

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This monitoring visit

The provider has shared relevant information with the child’s social worker and with the child’s placing authority. The provider has worked with the local authority to consider how to respond to the child’s complaints. However, documents and plans are not written in child-friendly language.

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This monitoring visit

Safer recruitment checks for one member of staff were reviewed. There were shortfalls around employment and regulated activity not being listed on the member of staff’s application form. This meant no reference was sought from the provider of the regulated activity. Risk assessments relating to offences from over 10 years ago Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2864649 2 were poor. Important information is missing, therefore it is not considered as part of the risk assessment.

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This monitoring visit

Systems of oversight are not effective at identifying poor practice. One incident record noted that a member of staff threatened to use physical intervention on a child because the child refused to put the insides of a beanbag back. Other staff were present and did not raise any concerns about this. Leaders and managers were not aware of this until this visit. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2864649 3

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Statutory requirements

This section sets out the actions that the registered person 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 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

understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person; and

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Requirement Due date

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. (Regulation12 (1) (2)(a)(v)(b)) 19 April 2026

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Requirement Due date

*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: 2864649 4

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Sirius Childcare LTD

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Sirius Childcare Ltd, 165 Toller Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD8 9HL

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Inspector

Joanna Beal, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2864649 5 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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