Children's Home run by Sherlock Healthcare Services Ltd in Birmingham

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 1231458 1 FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

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Registered provider: Sherlock Healthcare Services Ltd

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Inspected under the common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is operated by a private organisation. It was registered in May 2016 and provides care for up to 4 children who have social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home’s manager started in November 2025 and has applied to register with Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

This children’s home was judged inadequate following an inspection that started on 2 June 2026. Inspectors returned on 9 June 2026 to gather additional evidence in line with Ofsted inspections and visits: deferring, pausing and gathering additional evidence policy. There were serious concerns in relation to the care and protection of children. As a result of that inspection, 5 requirements were made.

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This monitoring visit

The purpose of this monitoring visit was to review the provider’s progress in meeting the requirements and to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the children. At this visit, all 5 requirements were deemed to have been met. Following this visit, one new requirement and 2 new recommendations were issued.

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This monitoring visit

At the time of this visit, 3 children were living at the home. All 3 children spoke to the inspector. They said they feel safe in the home and can talk to staff when they feel worried or unsafe.

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This monitoring visit

Staff help children understand their behaviours and manage their emotions through regular, meaningful and non-judgemental conversations. They encourage children to reflect on their actions, explore safer alternative choices and understand risk. Children have a say in the consequences that affect them, which promotes accountability and responsibility for their actions. This approach reinforces positive Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 1231458 2 FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

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behaviours, helps to develop emotional resilience and supports children to make safer choices.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection, the home has not recruited any new staff. However, leaders have established clear and safe recruitment processes to ensure that only suitable staff are employed to work with children.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection, staff have carried out 2 physical interventions. After each intervention, staff speak with the children to help them reflect on the incident and express their thoughts and feelings. However, leaders do not consistently provide staff with opportunities to talk about their experiences. This limits staff’s ability to reflect on their practice, learn from events and identify areas for improvement.

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This monitoring visit

Overall, staff respond appropriately and support children well when they go missing from the home. However, on one occasion, staff did not notify the police promptly after a child went missing, delaying the police’s timely and appropriate response to safeguard and locate the child. Although on this occasion the child was not impacted, this practice does not promote or protect children’s safety and wellbeing.

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This monitoring visit

The home is welcoming and well presented. However, some parts of one child’s bedroom needed cleaning, and the various items scattered all over the floor posed a potential risk to the child. The manager said they would immediately address this shortfall and gave assurances that new processes will be put in place to prevent this from happening again.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

02/06/2026 Full Inadequate 01/07/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 16/04/2024 Full Good 16/08/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 1231458 3 FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

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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

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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Requirement Due date

has spoken to the user about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(b)(i))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, the registered person must ensure that staff are spoken to following any physical interventions, within the required regulatory time frames. 4 September 2026

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the home provides a nurturing environment that meets the needs of the children. This specifically relates to children’s bedrooms being maintained to a high standard of cleanliness, that rooms are kept free of clutter and that furniture is arranged safely to ensure a tidy and hazard-free environment. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 15, paragraph 3.9)  The registered person should ensure that staff notify the police without delay when children go missing, so that the police can take timely and appropriate action to safeguard the missing child. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 45, paragraph 9.27)

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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: 1231458 4 FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Sherlock Healthcare Services Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Suite LP38724, 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU

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Inspector

Jas Nahar, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 1231458 5 FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

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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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