Children's Home run by Cambian Childcare Limited in Warwickshire

Inspection report children's home: SC476249 1 SC476249 Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Ltd

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned and run by a private company. It provides care for up to five children who may be experiencing emotional or behavioural difficulties because of childhood trauma.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, four children were living in the home. All the children spoke with the inspector.

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Information about this children’s home

The manager registered with Ofsted in July 2026.

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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 requires improvement to be good

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good

The children’s home provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.

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good

Date of last inspection: 16 September 2025

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report children's home: SC476249 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

16/09/2025 Full Good 23/09/2024 Full Good 20/06/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good 12/10/2022 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report children's home: SC476249 3

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Summary of findings

Children are making positive progress from their starting points. They benefit from warm, nurturing relationships with staff who know them well and support them to feel safe, settled, and confident. Children are engaging in education, maintaining important family relationships, and enjoying a range of activities and experiences that help them develop new skills and create positive memories. Safeguarding practice is generally effective, and children receive support that helps them understand risks and stay safe. Leaders and managers are committed to improving children's experiences. However, management oversight requires further improvement to ensure that children’s plans and safeguarding arrangements are consistently reviewed, updated, and implemented.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are making progress and benefiting from the care and support they receive. They are becoming more settled, growing in confidence, and developing trusting relationships with the adults who care for them. Children are engaging more positively in education and are learning safer ways to understand and express their emotions. Children who have recently moved into the home are settling well and building positive connections with staff.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children benefit from warm and nurturing relationships with staff. Adults spend meaningful time with them, listen to their views, and providing consistent support. As a result, children say that they feel safe, listened to and know they can speak to staff if they have any worries or concerns. Children enjoy spending time with staff through shared activities, conversations, and mealtimes around the table, which helps to create a positive and relaxed atmosphere in the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff support children to maintain relationships with those who are important to them by supporting family time. They ensure that children and adults follow the arrangements that are in place and provide effective support before, during and after visits. This helps children manage their emotions and maintain positive links to the people that matter to them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Feedback from families and professionals is generally positive. They describe the home as welcoming and feel that children are well supported by staff who know them well. Families report effective communication and say that staff keep them informed about their child's care and progress. Professionals recognise that children are benefiting from a more stable staff team, which is helping them to experience greater consistency in their care.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Leaders, managers and staff have aspirations for children and promote their education effectively. They work closely with education professionals and act as positive advocates for children to ensure that they can access suitable educational provision. This support Inspection report children's home: SC476249 4 helps children to make progress in their learning, develop confidence and achieve positive outcomes.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children enjoy a range of activities, day trips and holidays that reflect their interests and preferences. These experiences provide them with opportunities to try new things, have fun, and build confidence. Staff recognise and celebrate children’s achievements and milestones in ways that are meaningful to the child. They mark important occasions through shared activities, meals out and other experiences chosen by children. Staff capture these moments through photographs and memory books, helping children to reflect on and value their experiences and what they have been able to achieve.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home is welcoming and provides children with a comfortable environment. Staff personalise children’s bedrooms so that they reflect their interests, identities, and preferences. Photographs displayed throughout the home capture shared experiences, activities, and important memories. However, parts of the home require redecoration and refurbishment. In addition, one bathroom is currently out of use, and not all outdoor resources were available for children to use at the time of the inspection.

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

Children benefit from staff who understand their individual experiences and provide support that helps them to feel safe and secure. Staff have meaningful conversations with children about subjects such as online safety, relationships, racism, family, and education. They tailor these discussions to children’s needs and focus on topics that are important to them. Staff use these opportunities to help children understand their experiences, explore concerns, and express their views and feelings. Children are developing confidence, building positive relationships, and gaining skills that support their safety, well-being, and independence because of this.

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

Managers and staff ensure that children receive the right support when they go missing from the home. Staff take appropriate action to locate children and work with relevant professionals to help them return safely. They review incidents to identify learning and consider any necessary changes to children’s plans and support arrangements. Increased stability within the staff team and a better understanding of children’s individual needs have helped children to experience greater consistency and reduced the frequency of missing from home incidents.

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

Children moving into the home benefit from careful planning to help ensure that they settle quickly and their needs are met. Managers consider the impact of these changes and take steps to support children to understand each other’s needs and experiences. This helps children to develop positive relationships, feel safe and experience stability within the home.

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

Managers and staff respond appropriately to any allegations and safeguarding concerns. Managers work effectively with safeguarding partners and ensure that concerns are thoroughly considered and investigated in line with local procedures. Staff use any learning to improve practice. Managers also review physical interventions appropriately Inspection report children's home: SC476249 5 and use reviews of incidents as opportunities for reflection to help staff develop their skills and promote a consistent approach to supporting children.

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

Children benefit from the safeguarding measures in place in the home which aim to promote their safety and welfare. Staff understand the importance of these measures and take appropriate steps to both support and safeguard children. However, oversight of the use of door alarms is not sufficiently robust. The rationale for their use is not always clearly reflected in children’s individual assessments. In addition, changes to these arrangements are not consistently supported by updated assessments or agreed with relevant professionals. Managers cannot always demonstrate that measures used to monitor or restrict children are regularly reviewed, remain necessary and proportionate, and continue to be in children’s best interests.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Children have experienced periods of change in the adults caring for them. This has affected the constancy of their day-to-day experiences and the support available to them. The stability of the staff team has improved which helps children experience increased consistency and continuity of care. However, the staff team remains relatively inexperienced. Leaders recognise the need for further development to bring about greater consistency in practice and ensure that children consistently receive the highest standard of care and support.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The manager is new in post and continues to develop their confidence and oversight within the role. They know the children well and understand their individual needs, progress from their starting points, and experiences. The manager is reflective and has identified key areas for improvement which they are working to address. Staff report that the home is now more settled and organised following a period of instability.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Managers oversight is not always sufficiently effective. Although managers and leaders undertake activities to check the effectiveness of the home and identify future learning, children’s care plans and risk assessments are not consistently updated when circumstances change. In addition, decisions regarding the introduction, reduction or removal of safeguarding measures are not always supported by clear and up-to-date assessments. This means that staff do not always have access to the information they need to respond consistently to children's needs and keep them safe.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Staff receive regular supervision and attend team meetings that provide them with opportunities to reflect on children’s experiences and their progress. These meetings support staff development, encourage shared learning, and help staff consider how they can best meet children’s needs. Staff say that they feel supported by leaders and managers and value the guidance they receive.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

Staff benefit from a range of mandatory and specialist professional learning opportunities that helps them to meet children’s individual needs. In addition to safeguarding and core training, staff have completed training in harmful sexual behaviour and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder delivered by the company’s therapist. Leaders have identified Inspection report children's home: SC476249 6 further training opportunities to improve staff’s understanding of children’s needs and vulnerabilities and to support effective responses to the challenges children may face.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: requires improvement to be good

The responsible individual has a good understanding of the home’s strengths and areas for development. They recognise the impact that recent changes have had on children and have identified clear priorities for improvement, including staff development, the home environment and the quality-of-care planning and risk assessment. The responsible individual provides support and challenge to the manager and maintains oversight of the service to help drive improvements for children. Inspection report children's home: SC476249 7

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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, 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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Requirement Due date

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. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(i))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that any measure used to restrict, monitor or limit a child’s access, behaviour or activities is based on an individual, clear, and up- to-date risk assessment. The effectiveness and continued necessity of such measures must be reviewed regularly to ensure consistency, proportionality, and necessity to safeguard. The registered person must ensure that any changes are clearly recorded, agreed with social workers, and communicated to staff. 28 August 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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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; 28 August 2026 Inspection report children's home: SC476249 8 demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on—

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research and developments in relation to the ways in which the needs of children are best met; 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) (2)(a)(c)(g)(i)(h)

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that the home is effectively and efficiently managed. The registered person must ensure that there is effective management oversight of children’s records, that risk assessments and care planning documents are regularly reviewed and updated when circumstances change, and that staff are provided with clear and timely information to enable them to carry out their roles consistently and effectively.

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that the home environment is consistently maintained to a good standard. This includes undertaking necessary redecoration and refurbishment of areas of the home that are looking tired, completing repairs to the bathroom currently out of use, and to ensure that available recreational resources, including the trampoline, football goal and swimming pool, are assembled and accessible to benefit children. ('Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards', page 15, paragraph 3.9)

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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 children's home: SC476249 9

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Cambian Childcare Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Parkview, 82 Oxford Road, Uxbridge UB8 1UX

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Inspector

Karen Hallam, Social Care Inspector Inspection report children's home: SC476249 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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