Children's Home run by Kids Inc Residential Services Limited in Manchester

Inspection report for children's home: 2811903 1 Registered provider: Kids Inc Residential Services Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children's home

The home is registered to provide care for one child who may experience social and emotional difficulties or learning disabilities. At the time of the inspection, one child was living in the home. The child spoke to the inspector.

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Information about this children's home

The manager registered with Ofsted in March 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 outstanding

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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: 2811903 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

27/08/2025 Full Good Inspection report for children's home: 2811903 3

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Summary of findings

The child has lived in the home for over a year and is safe, settled and happy living there.

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Summary of findings

The child is kept safe and has developed a strong sense of personal safety.

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Summary of findings

The child attends school regularly, making considerable progress in relation to their starting point. They benefit from good relationships with staff and sustain their positive attachments.

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Summary of findings

The child benefits from a cosy, comfortable, nurturing and homely living environment.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Since the last inspection, no children have moved into or out of the home. The child has lived at the home for just over a year and makes exceptional progress in relation to their starting point. They are safe, settled and happy. The child said, 'The staff are nice. It's calm, nice and fun.'

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child benefits from positive relationships with staff and has consistency and stability in their life. They have developed a strong sense of permanence and belonging. The home's therapist said, 'The team are doing brilliant with the life story work and the care delivered is unconditional. The staff team are so therapeutic.'

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child makes considerable progress in relation to their starting point across aspects of their welfare and physical, emotional, social and behavioural development. They benefit from high-quality support from staff that promotes sustained improvement in their life. Staff support family time to ensure that the child sustains their close relationships with the people who are most important to them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff provide the child with positive activities. The child attends an action sports centre regularly, where they receive coaching lessons to perform tricks and stunts on their scooter. The child said, 'Scooting is my favourite activity.'

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff promote the child's education and ensure that they attend school regularly. Staff consistently praise the child's engagement, efforts and educational achievements. The child said, 'My education is good. My favourite lesson is Maths.'

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff promote the health needs of children effectively. They ensure that the child receives the encouragement needed to attend their health appointments. Staff ensure that the child's physical and emotional needs are met and they have access to therapy. Inspection report for children's home: 2811903 4

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

Staff prioritise the child's safety and wellbeing effectively and have a good understanding of their specific needs and vulnerabilities. The use of clear risk management plans is understood and followed by staff to ensure that the child is supported and protected from harm.

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

Staff implement clear rules and appropriate boundaries to promote the child's positive behaviour. Negative consequences are rare, and staff consistently praise, reward and reinforce positive behaviour.

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

Staff hold regular one-to-one discussions with the child to help them express themselves, exploring their feelings and emotions. This helps the child to learn from any wrongdoings and ensures that they feel valued, heard and listened to.

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

Since the last inspection, there have been no allegations of abuse, complaints, missing- from-home incidents or restraints. Staff manage the child's behaviours safely and effectively.

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

Staff are trained in child protection and have a good understanding of their safeguarding responsibilities. Significant incidents are reported to the appropriate authorities to promote the safety of children. There are no current safeguarding concerns.

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

Staff provide the child with a physically safe, appropriately secure, comfortable and homely living environment. Health and safety matters are addressed effectively by staff to ensure a safe environment for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The child and staff benefit from a knowledgeable and experienced registered manager who consistently demonstrates strong, supportive and effective leadership of the home's operation. The manager has high expectations of staff and high aspirations for children. Staff said, 'The manager is fair, open and approachable. It just wouldn't be the same house without the manager.'

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff benefit from high-quality training, practice-related supervision sessions and consultations with the home's therapist to help them meet the child's specific needs. The therapist said, 'I have done work on sexual health, emotional literacy and life story work. I provide wrap around support for the staff team and provide monthly consultations and formulations.'

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager has high expectations of staff's performance and leads them by example. They ensure that the staff team is competent in its roles and is well supported, supervised and led. The manager is instrumental to the child's sustained progress and is an influential and visible figure in their life. Staff said, 'We all strive for the same outcomes.' Inspection report for children's home: 2811903 5 There has been no use of agency staff, and a stable, consistent and enthusiastic staff team provides the child with consistency, security and predictability in their life. This has helped the child to feel safe and secure, enabling them to develop trusting relationships and secure attachments with the staff and invest in the care provided.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Staff charged with a duty to protect the most vulnerable children are subject to strict recruitment and vetting checks to ensure that children are protected from unsuitable people.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager has excellent oversight of the care provided for children. They routinely gather the views and opinions of the child, staff, parents, social workers and other professionals to review the staff's performance in meeting the needs of children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager makes effective use of the internal and external monitoring activities to understand the service's strengths and to address any weaknesses to secure continuing improvement in the care provided for children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

There are no breaches in regulation. Consequently, there are no requirements or recommendations resulting from this inspection. Inspection report for children's home: 2811903 6

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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: 2811903 7

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Kids Inc Residential Services Limited

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: 11 Gatley Road, Cheadle SK8 1LY

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Inspector

Anthony Kyem, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2811903 8 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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