Children's Home run by 313 Capital Partners Ltd Trading As Bright Horizon Children’s Care Homes in Derby

Inspection report for children’s home: 2836140 1 Registered provider: 313 Capital Partners Ltd Trading As Bright Horizon Children’s Care Homes

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Full inspection 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 offers care for up to 2 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, one child was living at the home, and they contributed to the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager is registered with Ofsted and is suitably qualified.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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good

How well children and young people are helped and protected good

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good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers good

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good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Date of last inspection: not previously inspected

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: not applicable

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: not applicable Inspection report for children’s home: 2836140 2

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home has been registered since August 2025, and a child has very recently moved in. The child gives positive feedback about the manager and staff, including that they respect their wishes.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The manager and staff are keen to support the child into education. The child has been out of education for some time, and the manager works closely with multi- agency partners to consider how best to support the child to engage in education. There are plans in place to support the child in structured activities while they are not in education. These are in the early stages of being implemented, and staff continue to encourage the child to engage.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff enjoy undertaking activities with the child. Staff encourage the child to spend time with family, which supports the child’s sense of identity.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s meetings occur regularly, and staff talk to the child to attempt to gain their wishes and feelings. Staff regularly talk to the child about specific risks in both a planned and informal way. This allows the child to talk about past experiences and helps develop relationships between staff and the child.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The manager has developed a tool to consider the needs of a child when they move in, which supports staff practice. Before the child moved into the home, the manager made a strong transition plan for the child. The manager worked closely with professionals who knew the child well to ensure their needs were understood. This included visiting the child in their previous placement to begin building positive relationships. However, the manager did not identify a specific known risk for the child in the matching assessment completed before the child moved in.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

The have been no allegations made against staff, and there have been no instances of staff using physical restraint on the child.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff respond well when the child goes missing or is absent from the home. Staff follow the child’s plan and missing-from-home protocols. Staff attempt to contact the child regularly and work with key professionals to attempt to locate the child. Staff respond with care when the child returns. Staff are in the process of developing a tool to track patterns in the child going missing or absent from the home. However, a key document that supports agencies when children go missing contained inaccurate information.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff are proactive in understanding the potential risk of criminal exploitation for the child. Staff have met with key professionals to consider early risks for the child and Inspection report for children’s home: 2836140 3 have advocated for specialist local support.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Staff understand the risk of the child misusing substances. When staff suspect substance misuse, they follow plans for the child, including room searches as necessary. Staff talk to the child about the risks of substance misuse and have made referrals to appropriate agencies to support the child.

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How well children and young people are helped and protected: good

Plans for the child are updated after incidents and include strategies for staff to support the child’s needs. However, plans do not include how staff should support a child to maintain their bedroom. This shortfall means it is not clear how staff should meet the child’s needs. Some aspects of the physical environment of the child’s room require attention to ensure that all potential risks are managed effectively.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The home is led by an experienced manager who is supported by the responsible individual. The manager acknowledges that the home is in its early stages of opening and has plans to build the staff team and develop the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Core and agency staff like working in the home and feel supported by the manager. Staff benefit from regular supervisions and team meetings. The manager and the responsible individual act as necessary to support staff practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff in their probationary periods have regular reviews. Often, staff are enrolled onto their qualifications during their probation, including level 5 qualifications for staff who wish to progress. This shows the commitment of the provider to ensuring that children are cared for by well-qualified staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are offered training that they find useful to their roles; however, staff have not received specific training related to the needs of the child.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There have been challenges in ensuring the home has a full staff team. This has resulted in significant use of agency staff while leaders attempt to stabilise the team, with recruitment ongoing. When agency staff have worked in the home, they have not consistently been fully inducted into the home. Therefore, it is unclear whether agency staff have read important care documents for the child.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Overall, the recruitment of staff is well managed. However, there were some gaps in the employment history of a member of staff that the manager had not had oversight of.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There is, at times, a lack of oversight from the manager on records. The manager recognises this, and they are in the process of strengthening their understanding of the electronic systems within the home. The manager and the responsible individual have plans in place to address this to ensure the manager has clear oversight. Inspection report for children’s home: 2836140 4

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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 within the given timescales.

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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

provide personalised care that meets each child’s needs, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans, taking account of the child’s background;

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ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to—

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meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 6 (2)(b)(iv)(c)(i))

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In particular, ensure that plans include how staff should support children to maintain their bedrooms and the action staff should take to reduce risks to children. 18 May 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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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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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to each child;

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demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on— 18 May 2026 Inspection report for children’s home: 2836140 5 use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1) (2)(a)(c)(e)(g)(h))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, ensure that staff receive training specific to the needs of children, that agency staff are inducted properly into the home and that systems in place evidence the manager’s oversight.

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Recommendations

 The registered person should only accept placements for children where they are satisfied that the home can respond effectively to the child’s assessed needs as recorded in the child’s relevant plans and that all of a child’s needs are fully considered in the assessment undertaken before a child moves in. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 56, paragraph 11.4)  The registered person should be responsible for maintaining good employment practice. They must ensure that recruitment, supervision and performance management of staff safeguards children and minimises potential risks to them. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.1)

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children and young people, using the social care common inspection framework. This inspection was carried out under The Care Standards Act 2000 to assess the effectiveness of the service, how it meets the core functions of the service as set out in legislation, and to consider how well it complies with The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the ‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’. Inspection report for children’s home: 2836140 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: 313 Capital Partners Ltd Trading As Bright Horizon Children’s Care Homes

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Office 24 Rosehill Business Centre, Normanton Road, Derby DE23 6RH

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Anthony Gallaher

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Inspector

Lorna Walker, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2836140 7 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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