Children's Home run by Kite Children's Services Limited in East Riding of Yorkshire

Inspection report for children's home: 2770973 1 OFSTED USE ONLY

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Registered provider: Kite Children's Services Limited

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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 run by a private provider. It provides care for one child who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children's home

Since the last inspection, one child has moved out of the home, and one child has moved in. At the time of the inspection, one child was living at the home. The child spoke with an inspector during the inspection.

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Information about this children's home

The manager registered with Ofsted in September 2025.

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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

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: 2770973 2 OFSTED USE ONLY

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

08/07/2025 Full Good 03/09/2024 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children's home: 2770973 3 OFSTED USE ONLY

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Summary of findings

The manager has high aspirations for children and will advocate on their behalf with education professionals and other agencies. The manager ensures that staff have access to training that is specific to children's individual needs.

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Summary of findings

Staff in the home are nurturing and committed to the child. Staff build positive relationships with the child and people who are important to them. Staff understand the child's vulnerabilities and work with other professionals who help the child. Physical intervention is only used when necessary. Following an incident, staff did not offer the child an opportunity to reflect on the physical intervention.

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Summary of findings

Plans are regularly reviewed and updated. While the child's plans are generally detailed and clear, not all known risks are detailed. There is a stable staff team, and agency staff are rarely used. When agency staff are required, they do not have access to the child's records and do not have the required training to meet identified needs.

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Summary of findings

Children's transitions to move into and out of the home are well planned. When a child leaves the home, staff provide a memory book and photographs of their time living there.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support the child to have safe and meaningful relationships and to understand the risk that some people could pose. The child's friends and family are welcome to visit the home, including for sleepovers. Staff will transport the child to visit their friends and family who live a distance away from the home. The manager will arrange for the child to reconnect with important people. This enables the child to maintain connections with important people and feel loved and valued.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The manager has high aspirations for the child and advocates for their education. Staff promote the child's engagement with education with incentives. Feedback from education staff is positive. For one child who previously lived at the home, their attendance at school significantly increased. Achievements are recognised and celebrated, which helps to build children's confidence and resilience.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child has opportunities to share their wishes and feelings, and staff encourage them to express their views. Staff spend time talking with the child about risks, emotions and aspirations. Staff remove blame and encourage open conversations. This allows the child to be honest with staff, which helps them to make progress and reduce risk. The child said that they can talk to people if they are worried and they 'talk to staff all the time'.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff work with other professionals and the child to agree appropriate supervision and restrictions to reduce risk. The main entrance and exit to the home are permanently Inspection report for children's home: 2770973 4 OFSTED USE ONLY

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

locked, preventing the child from exiting, and they do not have a key. The child is not prevented from leaving; however, they need to request permission from staff to leave or enter the home.

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

Staff understand the risk when children go missing from home. The child is offered a high level of support and supervision. Missing-from-home plans are clear and are regularly reviewed and updated. Staff are curious and will actively look for the child and share information with other agencies. The staff's response to the child going missing has resulted in reduced risk and frequency of missing episodes for the child. The manager requests that return home interviews are offered face to face to help the child build relationships with other professionals. One risk assessment did not detail a known previous risk, which could impact on the care offered to the child.

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

The child feels safe to make disclosures to staff. Staff listen to the child, follow processes and work with other agencies to ensure that the child is supported. Staff support the child emotionally when sharing sensitive information and ensure that they are aware of possible next steps. Staff know the whistleblowing policy and process to follow when safeguarding concerns arise.

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

The child is supported to attend routine health appointments and encouraged to develop an understanding of their health needs. Staff request specialist support to address ongoing health concerns. Staff will talk to the child about healthy lifestyle choices and encourage exercise and healthy eating. This ensures that the child is supported to make healthier choices and improve outcomes.

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

Physical interventions are only used when necessary to ensure the safety of the child. There has been one physical intervention used and the child was not spoken to following the intervention. When agency staff work in the home, they do not have training in physical interventions, and this does not align with the information in the risk assessments and plans.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager knows the child's needs and speaks about them with warmth and pride. The manager has a good understanding of the child's progress and is committed to developing a research-based and trauma-informed approach to support the child. This is not yet embedded. Access to training has been arranged to help staff meet the child's individual needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager is keen to develop the skills and training offer to further develop quality of care through regular reviews and appraisals. Staff provided consistent, positive feedback about the manager's investment in staff training and development.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has ambition for the home and high expectations for the quality of care and children. They have a clear vision for the home and its future direction. The staff Inspection report for children's home: 2770973 5 OFSTED USE ONLY

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

team is relatively new and developing ways of working to become embedded in practice. The manager has 'rebuilt' the team and agency staff are not used in the home currently. When agency staff are required, full safer recruitment checks are not completed.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff feel supported and listened to by the manager. Permanent staff receive regular supervision and attend regular team meetings. New staff receive an induction and feel supported by the manager and colleagues. The manager has a plan to embed regular supervision for casual staff. Agency staff do not receive supervision or induction, and do not have access to children's care plans.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager adopts a relationship-based approach and will request that professionals visit the home and build relationships with the child. This enables the child to develop trust with people to help them work with other agencies and professionals. Staff support the child to engage with professionals in a meaningful way.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager and team work closely with professionals, ensuring the child is at the centre of decision making. The manager keeps professionals updated to reduce risk and support consistency of care for the child. Inspection report for children's home: 2770973 6 OFSTED USE ONLY

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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 registered person must prepare and implement a policy (“the behaviour management policy”) which sets out—

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Requirement Due date

the measures of control, discipline and restraint which may be used in relation to the children in the home.

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Requirement Due date

within 48 hours of the use of the measure, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so ("the authorised person")—

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Requirement Due date

has spoken to the user about the measure; and

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Requirement Due date

has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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Requirement Due date

within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (1)(b) (3)(b)(i)(ii)(c)) 6 August 2026

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the restriction of a child's liberty of movement is reviewed and is in line with care plans. This includes changes to the physical environment of the home, such as locked doors. (The Guide to the Children's Home Regulations, including the quality standards page 47, paragraph 9.42)  The registered person should ensure that all records are kept up to date and accurate. In particular, this is in reference to children's risk assessment and training matrix. (The Guide to the Children's Home Regulations, including the quality standards page 62, paragraph 14.3)  The registered person should ensure that there are sufficient, suitably trained staff on duty to meet the assessed needs of all children in the home. The registered person should demonstrate that the employment of any temporary staff will not prevent children from receiving the continuity of care that they need. (The Guide to the

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Recommendations

Inspection report for children's home: 2770973 7 OFSTED USE ONLY

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Recommendations

Children's Home Regulations, including the quality standards page 51, paragraph 10.1)

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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: 2770973 8 OFSTED USE ONLY

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Kite Children's Services Limited

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: Majors Chartered Certified Accountants, The Bloc, 38 Springfield Way, Anlaby, Hull HU10 6RJ

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Inspectors

Gemma Sheader, Social Care Inspector Carol Jagger, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2770973 9 OFSTED USE ONLY

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Inspectors

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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