Children's Home run by Achieving Together Ltd in Leicester

Inspection report for children’s home: 2869703 1 Registered provider: Achieving Together Ltd

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned by a private company. It is registered to provide care for 3 children who may have social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home was registered on 4 November 2025.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager is registered with Ofsted and is suitably experienced.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, 2 children were living in the home and their views were sought.

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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: 2869703 2

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Summary of findings

The home environment and support from staff help children to feel a sense of belonging. Staff help children to make good progress from their individual starting points. Trusted relationships between staff and children are developing, and staff care about the children they support. Leaders and managers are committed to ensuring consistency in the care provided to children. When shortfalls in care practice are identified, timely action is taken.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children live in a home that is beautifully presented and is maintained to a high standard. The environment is warm and welcoming. Personalisation is present throughout the home, including photos of children on the walls. Children’s bedrooms are decorated to their preferences and reflect their hobbies and interests. This supports children’s sense of belonging. One child introduced themselves as, ‘I’m from here.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Routines and boundaries for children are individualised. For one child, routines are clear and understood well by staff. Staff are knowledgeable about areas of support that the child needs, in line with their personalised plans. Visual routine cards are used to promote the child’s understanding and sense of independence. For the other child, who is new to the home, routines are beginning to develop.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff encourage children to engage in education. One child attends school regularly and is making progress. Plans are in place for a transition to secondary education. The other child has been out of education for some time and is receiving focused support. Within the home, activities are promoted that nurture children’s interests and support them to develop their skills.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The manager initially used an increased number of agency staff to support a child’s needs. This meant at times children were being cared for by staff with whom they were not familiar. More recently, children have been supported by a stable and consistent staff team. Children say they have positive relationships with the staff, who care for them and enjoy spending time with them. One child said they are ‘really happy here’. A professional working with the child also shared, ‘This is the happiest and healthiest I’ve seen [them] in a long time.’

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

Children can identify staff members who they feel comfortable to share their worries with. The manager and staff act on children’s wishes, where possible, and children know how to make a complaint. As a result, children feel empowered and able to exercise their rights. Inspection report for children’s home: 2869703 3 Staff act quickly when children go missing from home and follow procedures closely. They provide appropriate reassurance and welfare checks for children during and following these missing-from-home periods. Information is appropriately shared with external agencies. One child has not been missing since moving to the home, despite this being a known risk for them in the past.

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

Children are only held by staff when it is necessary to keep them and others safe. Following any incident, children and staff are given the opportunity to share their views afterwards and their experiences are taken seriously. On one occasion, the staff involved in a restraint were not spoken with afterward. Although the manager’s oversight of this incident identifies that the report was unclear and did not use therapeutic language, it doesn’t evaluate whether the hold itself was reasonable and proportionate.

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

When allegations are made about staff who work in the home, actions are taken to ensure the safety of children while concerns are explored. Safeguarding procedures are followed, including liaison with the local authority designated officer.

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

Overall, staff know children well and can keep them safe. However, the manager does not consistently ensure that children’s risk assessments and care planning documents are up to date. For example, when one child moved into the home, their known risks were not captured in their risk assessment, and this limited staff’s ability to meet the child’s safety needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has a clear vision for the home. This is centred on providing children with an authentic and nurturing family environment. This ethos is consistently reflected in practice, with staff demonstrating warm, caring interactions and approaches that help children feel valued, supported and part of a family.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff say they feel well supported by the management team and value leaders who are visible and willing to step in during challenging periods. This contributes to a positive team culture and helps to maintain stability in the home. Staff can approach leaders and managers with both professional and personal challenges. When concerns are shared by staff, they feel listened to. Leaders and managers take effective action to ensure positive outcomes for both children and staff.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Professional supervision for staff takes place on a regular basis. These sessions are detailed and purposeful, supporting staff to reflect on their practice and the needs of the children. When concerns are raised about staff practice, focused discussions take place to address these issues.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

During a challenging period in which staff struggled to meet the needs of a child who has since left the home, the manager did not review all incidents that occurred. This reduces assurance that incidents were managed appropriately and hinders the identification of areas requiring development. Inspection report for children’s home: 2869703 4 The manager has implemented an action plan for continual development for the home. However, this is not fully embedded in practice, which has impacted on the manager’s oversight. Systems and processes have now been put in place to further support quality assurance of the home. Inspection report for children’s home: 2869703 5

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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

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 aspire to fulfil their potential; and promotes their welfare.

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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

use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(h))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the manager must ensure that documents to support the care of children are robust and understood by staff.

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the manager must ensure thorough oversight of incidents. 30 July 2026

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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: 2869703 6

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Achieving Together Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: The Old Rectory DBS Managed Offices, Main Street, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8DG

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Inspector

Siobhan Holmes, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2869703 7 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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