Children's Home run by Seaside Child Care Ltd in Lancashire

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780495 1 Registered provider: Seaside Child Care Ltd

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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 privately owned and managed. Staff may provide care for up to 2 children experiencing social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children's home

The home, the responsible individual and the manager were registered with Ofsted in May 2024.

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Information about this children's home

At the time of this inspection, no children were living in the home.

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This monitoring visit

This children's home was judged inadequate at the full inspection on 5 and 6 May 2026. Inspectors identified significant shortfalls in safeguarding practice and in the leadership and management of the home. As a result, compliance notices were issued under Section 22A of the Care Standards Act 2000 in relation to regulation 13, the leadership and management standard, and regulation 12, the protection of children standard.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit evaluated the provider's progress in meeting the compliance notices.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have implemented a range of new policies, procedures and monitoring systems. The provider's assessment, care planning and safeguarding arrangements have been strengthened.

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This monitoring visit

Managers have introduced new processes to support effective decision-making when considering referrals. They now complete formal compatibility assessments that consider each child's needs, potential safeguarding risks, staff skills and experience and relevant training. Managers have also developed tracking tools to support planning and oversight of children's experiences. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780495 2 Leaders and managers have improved how children's risks are assessed and managed. New risk-assessment and monitoring systems provide clearer analysis of risks and guidance for staff. Management oversight and evaluation are now embedded within recording systems. Behaviour support plans include clear, proactive strategies to reduce risk. Updated safeguarding procedures have been shared and discussed in team meetings, and staff understand how to keep children safe.

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This monitoring visit

Staff have completed a range of mandatory and specialist training. Staff now have the knowledge and skills to meet children's needs.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have strengthened monitoring and quality-assurance systems. Oversight is now formalised through lessons-learned reviews, comprehensive monthly monitoring and weekly management-oversight documents. One lessons-learned review did not include a key practice shortfall from a previous incident, but a framework is now in place to evaluate and respond to incidents more effectively.

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This monitoring visit

No children have moved into the home since the compliance notices were issued, so some new systems and processes have not yet been tested in practice. At a case review meeting following the visit, it was agreed that the provider has taken sufficient action to meet the compliance notices.

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This monitoring visit

The requirements made at inspection were outside the scope of this visit and will be reviewed at future inspections. Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780495 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

05/05/2026 Full Inadequate 07/10/2025 Full Good 21/01/2025 Full Good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780495 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 quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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understand the children's home's overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children's needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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ensure that the premises used for the purposes of the home are designed and furnished so as to—

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enable each child to participate in the daily life of the home. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b)(c)(i)(ii))

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This specifically relates to ensuring that the carpet is replaced on the stairs, the office door is repainted and cigarette ends are removed from the driveway. 10 July 2026

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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; 10 July 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780495 5 understand the roles and responsibilities in relation to protecting children that are assigned to them by the registered person;

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take effective action whenever there is a serious concern about a child's welfare; and

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that the home's day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm;

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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)(ii)(iv)(v)(vi)(b)(d))

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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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lead and manage the home in a way that is consistent with the approach and ethos, and delivers the outcomes, set out in the home's statement of purpose;

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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;

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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)(a)(c)(f)(h))

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In particular, managers must complete thorough learning and reflection in relation to serious incidents. They must ensure that all shortfalls in practice are clearly identified and used to drive improvements to care. 10 July 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780495 6 The care planning standard is that children—

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receive effectively planned care in or through the children's home; and

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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;

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manage and review the placement of each child in the home; and

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plan for, and help, each child to prepare to leave the home or to move into adult care in a way that is consistent with arrangements agreed with the child's placing authority;

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that each child's relevant plans are followed;

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that, subject to regulation 22 (contact and access to communications), contact between each child and the child's parents, relatives and friends, is promoted in accordance with the child's relevant plans. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(c)(d)) 10 July 2026

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The registered person must maintain records ("case records") for each child which—

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include the information and documents listed in Schedule 3 in relation to each child;

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are signed and dated by the author of each entry. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b)(c)) 10 July 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780495 7 This specifically relates to all children's records to contain accurate information, and these are updated following incidents.

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (4)(e)) 10 July 2026

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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: 2780495 8

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Children's home details

Registered provider: Seaside Child Care Ltd

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: 54 Wood Street, Lytham St. Annes FY8 1QG

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Inspector

Nicola Shaw, Social Care Regulatory Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2780495 9 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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