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

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2539587 1 Registered provider: Compass Children’s Homes Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is run by a private company. It provides care for up to 8 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this visit, no children were living at the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in September 2023.

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This monitoring visit

During a full inspection on 28 and 29 April 2026, the inspector found significant regulatory breaches that directly affected the safety and wellbeing of children. The home was judged ‘inadequate’.

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This monitoring visit

In response, Ofsted issued 2 compliance notices under Regulation 12, the protection of children standard, and Regulation 13, the leadership and management standard. An urgent notice of restriction of accommodation was also issued. The provider immediately implemented an action plan to address the identified shortfalls.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was carried out to monitor the effectiveness of the action taken by the provider to address the compliance notices and improve the experiences and progress of children.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have not ensured that staff have an awareness and understanding of children’s care plans and risk assessments. This has placed a child at risk of harm, as staff did not respond to one child’s missing-from-home incident effectively.

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This monitoring visit

When children have made disclosures, staff have not followed the provider’s safeguarding policy. Leaders and managers were not informed, and relevant safeguarding agencies were not notified. There are no records of the disclosure. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2539587 2 Therefore, there is no assurance that appropriate action was taken and that the child received the necessary support.

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This monitoring visit

When children go missing from home, the records fail to accurately document the incident, leaving the circumstances and duration of the child’s absence unclear. Children’s missing-from-home action plans have not been followed effectively, placing children at risk of harm. Ofsted has not been notified of these potentially significant incidents.

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This monitoring visit

Children say that they are not listened to by staff and their wishes are not considered. Children were concerned that staff prioritise the needs of other children, affecting the care and time provided to them.

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This monitoring visit

The home is not fully accessible to children. Internal doors remain locked, preventing children accessing communal areas, such as the games room and laundry. This approach is not responsive or supportive to the children’s current needs and risks. Leaders and managers did not recognise the concern about the delay in addressing this, as they wait for facilities to schedule this maintenance work.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers are working with a specialised health and safety contractor to deal with an infestation of rats. The kitchen and living room are currently inaccessible, and access to temporary kitchen facilities is restricted. These infection control measures affect the viability of the home’s fire risk assessment. No children are currently living in the home.

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This monitoring visit

Children have received consequences from staff. However, the decision-making and rationale behind staff’s chosen response are unclear and are not accurately documented. Children are not supported to understand the given consequence or helped to develop effective strategies to prevent future incidents.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have implemented new monitoring checks and audits. However, these systems have not supported leaders and managers to identify the shortfalls in staff practice, their decision-making and their recordings. Leaders and managers have not updated the home’s statement of purpose to ensure that this accurately reflects the operation of the home. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2539587 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

28/04/2026 Full Inadequate 22/07/2025 Full Good 14/05/2024 Full Good 17/04/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2539587 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 protection of children standard is that children are protected from harm and enabled to keep themselves safe.

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

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assess whether each child is at risk of harm, taking into account information in the child’s relevant plans, and, if necessary, make arrangements to reduce the risk of any harm to the child;

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have the skills to identify and act upon signs that a child is at risk of harm; and

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

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that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed, furnished and maintained so as to protect each child from avoidable hazards to the child’s health. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(v)(d))

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Requirement Due date

This requirement has been restated. 12 July 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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helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to— 12 July 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2539587 5 ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of 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; and

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

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The care planning standard is that children—

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have a positive experience of arriving at or moving on from the home.

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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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ensure the effective induction of each child into the home; and

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

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This requirement has been restated. 25 June 2026

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The children’s views, wishes and feelings standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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develop positive relationships with them;

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take their views, wishes and feelings into account in relation to matters affecting the children’s care and welfare and their lives. 25 June 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2539587 6 In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to—

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ascertain and consider each child’s views, wishes and feelings, and balance these against what they judge to be in the child’s best interests when making decisions about the child’s care and welfare;

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help each child to understand how the child’s views, wishes and feelings have been taken into account and give the child reasons for decisions in relation to the child; and

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ensure that the views of each relevant person are taken into account, so far as reasonably practicable, before making a decision about the care or welfare of a child. (Regulation 7 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(iii)(e))

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The registered person must compile in relation to the children’s home a statement (“the statement of purpose”) which covers the matters listed in Schedule 1.

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keep the statement of purpose under review and, where appropriate, revise it. (Regulation 16 (1) (3)(a))

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This requirement has been restated. 25 June 2026

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children can access all appropriate areas of the children’s home’s premises; and

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any limitation placed on a child’s privacy or access to any area of the home’s premises—

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is kept under review and, if necessary, revised. (Regulation 21 (b)(c)(ii)(iii)) 25 June 2026

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*These requirements are subject of a compliance notice. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2539587 7

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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: 2539587 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Compass Children’s Homes Limited

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Children’s home details

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

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Rebecca Gomersall

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Inspector

Rachel Moore, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2539587 9 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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