Children's Home run by Compass Children‟s Homes Limited in Derbyshire

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2679801 1 Registered provider: Compass Children’s Homes

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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 company and provides care for up to 5 children who experience 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 visit.

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Information about this children’s home

There has been no registered manager since 10 June 2025.

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This monitoring visit

A monitoring visit took place on 28 April 2026 to review progress made in meeting the requirements set at the previous monitoring visit. Although some improvements were noted, it was identified that essential remedial actions had not been completed, including obtaining the electrical and fire safety certificates. These are necessary to ensure that the home is safe for children to be admitted.

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This monitoring visit

This visit took place to assess progress made against the requirements set and to monitor adherence to the notice restricting accommodation. Not all the requirements set at the full inspection were reviewed at this visit and will be reviewed at the home’s next full inspection.

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This monitoring visit

A new experienced manager has been appointed, and they have applied to register with Ofsted. The manager understands the home’s strengths and areas for development. She has a clear vision of the changes she wants to make.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers devised an action plan to address each of the shortfalls. They have reviewed the action plan, and it has led to improvements being made. The improvements are in their infancy and require time to become fully embedded. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2679801 2 The home is very well presented and feels warm and inviting. The refurbishment has been completed to a high standard, and all previously identified repairs have now been addressed. Children’s bedrooms have been intentionally designed as a neutral blank canvas, enabling each child to personalise them when they move into the home.

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This monitoring visit

The fire and electrical safety certificates have now been issued, confirming that all remedial works have been completed and professionally signed off. Regular health and safety checks are also being carried out to ensure that the home remains safe.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have focused on building a skilled and confident team of staff who can meet children’s needs. Since the last inspection, new staff have been appointed, ensuring sufficient staffing levels to provide consistent care for the 2 children. To further enhance their knowledge and experience, these staff are currently working in other homes in the organisation. Recruitment for the remaining vacancies is ongoing to further strengthen the team.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have completed targeted training in risk management, bullying awareness, safer caring, and raising awareness of peer-on-peer abuse, which has strengthened their knowledge and understanding in these key areas. However, the impact of this training could not be evaluated due to the home not currently providing care for children.

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This monitoring visit

The notice restricting accommodation has been lifted. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2679801 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

04/06/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 21/10/2024 Full Outstanding 23/01/2024 Full Outstanding 11/10/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2679801 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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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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ensure that staff work as a team where appropriate;

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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 has sufficient staff to provide care for each child;

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

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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; (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, leaders and managers should ensure that staff understand and respond to children’s needs effectively. In particular, the registered person should ensure that staffing sufficiency is kept under review.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 3 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2679801 5 The care planning standard is that children—

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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.

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Requirement Due date

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

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that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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manage and review the placement of each child in the home. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(ii))

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The registered person should ensure that children’s needs can be met at the point of admission.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 3 August 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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help each child to develop socially aware behaviour; 3 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2679801 6 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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help each child to understand, in a way that is appropriate according to the child’s age and understanding, personal, sexual and social relationships, and how those relationships can be supportive or harmful;

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strive to gain each child’s respect and trust;

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understand how children’s previous experiences and present emotions can be communicated through behaviour and have the competence and skills to interpret these and develop positive relationships with children;

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de-escalate confrontations with or between children, or potentially violent behaviour by children;

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understand and communicate to children that bullying is unacceptable; and

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Requirement Due date

have the skills to recognise incidents or indications of bullying and how to deal with them. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(viii)(ix)(xi)(xii)(xiii))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the responsible person should ensure that systems are in place to ensure that children are prevented from harming one another.

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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: 2679801 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Compass Children’s Homes

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Compass Community Ltd, 3 Rayns Way, Syston, Leicester LE7 1PF

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Inspector

Zoey Lee, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2679801 8 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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