Children's Home run by TS Children Services Ltd in Staffordshire

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2729820 1 Registered provider: TS Children Services Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home registered with Ofsted in January 2024 and is privately owned. The home provides care for up to 3 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties. No children were living at the home at the time of this visit.

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Information about this children’s home

There has been no registered manager in post since March 2025. A manager was appointed on 1 July 2025 but subsequently withdrew their application to register on 20 May 2026. A new manager started work in the home on 20 April 2026. They have submitted their application to register with Ofsted.

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Information about this children’s home

The responsible individual has been working at the home since February 2026.

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This monitoring visit

The home was judged inadequate at a full inspection on 5 and 6 May 2026. The home’s registration was suspended due to the significant concerns identified about children’s care and safety and the management of the home. The purpose of this monitoring visit was to consider the current position of the home and to determine whether the provider has complied with the suspension of their registration.

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This monitoring visit

The inspection history of this home is poor, and the home has never been judged as providing good care to children since registering. The home has been judged inadequate on 3 occasions due to weaknesses in leadership and management, failures to keep children safe and shortcomings in meeting children’s individual needs. Despite regulatory intervention, the provider has not demonstrated they are able to improve practice and maintain compliance with the children’s homes regulations. Consequently, concerns remain about the provider’s ability to deliver safe and effective care to children. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2729820 2 Staff have completed learning workshops and training with the intention of equipping them with the knowledge and skills required to meet the needs of children who may move into the home. Several of these areas have previously been identified as areas in which staff needed to improve their knowledge and skills and

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This monitoring visit

training was completed. Despite previous assurances from the provider, this learning has not been sustained or ensured long-term improvements in practice. Children needed to move out following the last inspection due to concerns about their safety and welfare. This current learning is not yet embedded into practice because no children are living at the home.

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This monitoring visit

A new electronic recording system has been introduced. Leaders intend that the system will strengthen management oversight, enhance monitoring arrangements and support effective day-to-day operations in the home. In addition, a range of new policies have been implemented to provide staff with clearer guidance and to promote consistency of practice. After previous shortfalls were identified, the provider introduced new recording systems into the home with the same aims, but this was not successful. No children have lived at the home since these changes were introduced, so the effectiveness and impact of these new systems and processes are not yet known.

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This monitoring visit

New staff now receive an induction to prepare them for their roles at the home. Staff are now receiving regular supervision, which leaders are hopeful will support staff development. However, supervision is not always used effectively to address known weaknesses in practice. Concerns regarding a staff member’s recording and reporting practice were identified in September 2025 but were not addressed effectively, with similar issues remaining unaddressed in May 2026. This demonstrates weaknesses in management oversight and an inability to secure timely improvements to benefit children.

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This monitoring visit

The home is clean, and extensive redecoration has taken place since the last inspection. This has created a brighter and more welcoming environment. Risks in the environment have been reviewed, and ligature risks have been removed. Any new children will now have access to all areas of the home, as doors are not unnecessarily locked.

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This monitoring visit

The home’s statement of purpose has been reviewed and updated. It now contains accurate and up-to-date information regarding the experience, qualifications and roles of the staff working at the home, in accordance with regulatory requirements.

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This monitoring visit

The suspension has been adhered to. Of the 11 requirements raised at the last inspection, 4 are met. One requirement has been partially met and is restated. A further 6 requirements have not been reviewed during this visit and will be considered at the next full inspection. The suspension remains in place. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2729820 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

05/05/2026 Full Inadequate 15/04/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 07/08/2024 Full Inadequate 08/04/2024 Full Inadequate Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2729820 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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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. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(b))

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The registered person must ensure that all risks are assessed and that children’s plans reflect these risks. In addition, staff must follow children’s plans in practice.

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This requirement was raised at the previous inspection and is restated 26 June 2026

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In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff—

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seek to involve each child’s placing authority effectively in the child’s care, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans;

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if the registered person considers, or staff consider, a placing authority’s or a relevant person’s performance or response to be inadequate in relation to their role, challenge the placing authority or the relevant person to seek to ensure that each child’s needs are met in accordance with the child’s relevant plans; and 26 June 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2729820 5 seek to develop and maintain effective professional relationships with such persons, bodies or organisations as the registered person considers appropriate having regard to the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the children’s home is to provide care and accommodation. (Regulation (5) (a)(c)(d))

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The registered person must ensure that effective working relationships are maintained with children’s social workers. They must also demonstrate appropriate professional challenge where responses from safeguarding partners are delayed, ensuring that children are safeguarded and their welfare is consistently prioritised.

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Requirement Due date

This requirement was raised at the previous inspection and is restated

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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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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, 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)(b)(iii)(d))

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Requirement Due date

The registered person must ensure that when children move on from the home, this is a positive and well-planned experience for them, with appropriate preparation and support. 26 June 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2729820 6 In addition, the registered person must ensure that relationships with individuals who are important to the child are promoted and supported.

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This requirement was raised at the previous inspection and is restated

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The health and well-being standard is that—

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the health and well-being needs of children are met;

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children receive advice, services and support in relation to their health and well-being; and

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children are helped to lead healthy lifestyles.

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

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achieve the health and well-being outcomes that are recorded in the child’s relevant plans;

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understand the child’s health and well-being needs and the options that are available in relation to the child’s health and well-being, in a way that is appropriate to the child’s age and understanding;

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understand and develop skills to promote the child’s well- being. (Regulation 10 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iv))

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The registered person must ensure that children are supported to eat healthy and nutritious food. In addition, specialist advice must be followed to promote the health and wellbeing of children.

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This requirement was raised at the previous inspection and is restated 26 June 2026

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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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the name of the child; 26 June 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2729820 7 details of the child’s behaviour leading to the use of the measure;

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the date, time and location of the use of the measure;

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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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the name of the person who used the measure ("the user"), and of any other person present when the measure was used;

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the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure; and

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a description of any injury to the child or any other person, and any medical treatment administered, as a result of 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

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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)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(b)(i)(ii)(c))

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This requirement was raised at the previous inspection and is restated

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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 kept up to date. 26 June 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2729820 8 Case records must be kept—

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in cases not falling within sub-paragraph (a), for 75 years from the child’s date of birth;

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securely in the children’s home during the period when the child to whom the case records relate is accommodated there; and

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in a secure place after the child has ceased to be accommodated in the home. (Regulation 36 (1)(a)(b) (2(b)(c)(d)

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This requirement was raised at the previous inspection and is restated

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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 (e))

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This requirement was raised at the previous inspection and is restated 26 June 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: 2729820 9

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: TS Children Services Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Suite F3, Deansgate Offices, 62 - 70 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4TH

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Inspector

Amy Richards, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2729820 10 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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