Children's Home run by Time-Out Children’s Homes Limited in Calderdale

Inspection report for children’s home: SC450728 1 SC450728 Registered provider: Time-Out Children’s Homes 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 owned and managed by a private provider. It provides care for up to 2 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in March 2026.

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Information about this children’s home

One child was living at the home at the time of the inspection.

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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 requires improvement to be 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: SC450728 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

12/08/2025 Full Good 03/09/2024 Full Good 15/08/2023 Full Good 16/08/2022 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: SC450728 3

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Summary of findings

Two children have lived at the home since the last inspection. One child moved out to a semi-independent home, and one child has moved into the home. Transitions for children are positive and well planned.

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Summary of findings

There is an importance placed on routines and boundaries in this home. The child who lives there has made progress in their day-to-day routines and now attends school.

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Summary of findings

Staff’s practice is sometimes restrictive for the child, and behaviour management strategies and consequences to behaviour are not always child centred. There are also other shortfalls in respect of records and risk assessments.

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Summary of findings

Overall, the leadership and management of the home is effective. However, the manager has not always had full oversight, which has led to shortfalls in children's records and staff practice not being addressed.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child has made progress in their day-to-day routines because staff provide them with a good standard of nurturing care, structure and consistent boundaries. This has provided the child with a sense of stability and security, which has helped them to become increasingly settled in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child enjoys open and trusting relationships with staff, who understand the child’s individual needs. Staff speak fondly of the child. They are aspirational for the child and want the best for them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child's day-to-day experiences are positive. They are provided with a range of activities in line with their hobbies and interests, with lots of opportunities to gain new experiences. The child enjoys playing lots of different sports, learning to swim, going to the park, and days out to the countryside, seaside and theme parks. Activity schedules are well organised, and the child is involved in the planning.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child has improved health since they moved into the home. They are now accessing health appointments and have a more varied and healthy diet. The child is now receiving an assessment of their emotional and mental health needs to ensure that they receive the right level of support.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child is making progress in their education from their starting point. Staff understand the barriers to the child's education, and they advocate for the child, which means that the child is now receiving the right support in school. Staff work Inspection report for children’s home: SC450728 4 collaboratively with education professionals to understand the child's learning needs. Additionally, staff provide the child with lots of opportunities for informal learning at home to complement their formal learning.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The child's memories of their time living at the home are captured in books of photographs and other memorabilia that they can take with them when they move on from the home. Staff continue to maintain their relationship with the child who moved out of the home.

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improvement to be good

The approach to managing the child's behaviour and responding to risks is sometimes restrictive for the child. For example, kitchen items, crockery and cutlery are routinely locked away, and the child's clothing closet is sometimes locked. It is not clear if these restrictions are for safeguarding purposes, as there is no rationale recorded in the child's individual plan. Furthermore, the restrictions have not been kept under review by the manager. The use of bedroom door alarms has not been assessed or kept under review, and the child's placing authority has not provided written consent.

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improvement to be good

The child's individual risk assessment does not identify and assess all known risks for the child. It does not always provide clear guidance for staff and has not been kept under review by the manager.

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improvement to be good

Behaviour management strategies and consequences to behaviour are not always child centred. Incidents where the child has been physically restrained are not always recorded in line with regulation. Staff have not always been provided with the opportunity to discuss the measure used.

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improvement to be good

Incidents are generally well managed. However, there are shortfalls in how staff responded to one incident when a child showed concerning sexualised behaviour. Records around this incident are poor, making it difficult to fully understand the actions taken by the manager and staff.

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improvement to be good

The child rarely goes missing. When the child has gone missing, staff have been proactive in their approach. They search for the child and report them as missing. Staff were clear about their responsibilities when a child goes missing; however, the child's missing plan is incomplete and has not been kept under review.

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improvement to be good

Allegations are taken seriously. They are investigated and information is shared with safeguarding professionals.

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improvement to be good

Staff complete work with the child to educate them about risks and to help them have a better understanding of any difficult emotions that they may be feeling. Staff are creative in their approach and use fun activities, which increase the likelihood of the child engaging. Inspection report for children’s home: SC450728 5

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager is a positive role model for staff. Staff said that they feel supported by their colleagues and the management team. Staff report morale to be high.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There is a core staff team at the home. Staffing is sufficient to provide children with high levels of adult supervision and to ensure continuity of care. Stability in the staff team has been key to the child's sense of stability and the progress they have made.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff receive regular supervision that is supportive and reflective. Team meetings take place regularly and are well attended. These meetings are used to develop staff's safeguarding knowledge and to allow staff to reflect on their practice with the clinical team.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager places an importance on staff development. Staff receive a range of core training, which is kept under review. The manager ensures that staff are provided with additional, child-specific training to better equip them to meet the needs of individual children who live at the home.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager makes child-centred decisions about children's transitions. Children have moved in and out of the home in a positive and well-planned way.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The systems in place to review and monitor the quality of care provided to children are not effective. Gaps in the child's records and shortfalls in staff practice have not always been identified, which means that they have not always been addressed by the manager. Inspection report for children’s home: SC450728 6

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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 within 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— that staff—

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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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help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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

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

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child's welfare. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)) 7 September 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—

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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 7 September 2026 Inspection report for children’s home: SC450728 7 use monitoring and review systems to make continuous improvements in the quality of care provided in the home. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(f)(h))

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Requirement Due date

the privacy of children is appropriately protected;

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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 intended to safeguard each child accommodated in the home; is necessary and proportionate;

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is kept under review and, if necessary, revised; and

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allows children as much freedom as is possible when balanced against the need to protect them and keep them safe. (Regulation 21 (a)(b)(c)(i)(ii)(iv)) 7 September 2026

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The registered person may only use devices for the monitoring or surveillance of children if—

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the child's placing authority consents in writing to the monitoring or surveillance. (Regulation 24 (1)(b) 7 September 2026

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Requirement Due date

within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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a description of the measure and its duration;

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details of any methods used or steps taken to avoid the need to use the measure;

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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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has spoken to the user about the measure; and 7 September 2026 Inspection report for children’s home: SC450728 8 has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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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 (3)(a)(iv)(v)(b)(i)(ii)(c))

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Recommendation

 The registered provider must ensure that any sanctions used to address poor behaviour are restorative in nature to help children recognise the impact of their behaviour on themselves, other children, the staff caring for them and the wider community. In some cases, it will be important for children to make reparation in some form to anyone hurt by their behaviour and the staff in the home should be skilled to support the child to understand this and carry it out. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 46, paragraph 9.38)

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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: SC450728 9

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Time-Out Childrens Homes Limited

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: Unit 2, Ripponden Mill, Mill Fold, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 4DH

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Inspector

Rachel Webster, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: SC450728 10 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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