Children's Home run by Prosperity Children’s Services Limited in Lancashire

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 1 Registered provider: Prosperity Children’s Services

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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 provides care for one child who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

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

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Information about this children’s home

The manager has applied to register with Ofsted.

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This monitoring visit

This home was judged inadequate at a full inspection on 24 and 25 June 2026. Following this inspection, Ofsted issued 3 compliance notices under section 22A of the Care Standards Act 2000. These related to regulation 12, the protection of children standard, regulation 13, the leadership and management standard and regulation 14, the care planning standard.

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This monitoring visit

This visit was carried out to monitor the action taken by the provider to meet the compliance notices.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have not taken effective action to address the identified actions in the compliance notices. Since the last inspection, incidents within the home have continued to escalate in severity and risk, staff responses have remained poor. On one occasion, staff witnessed the child consume vape liquid to self-injure and did not take action to prevent this or safeguard the child.

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This monitoring visit

Although the manager has implemented new systems to strengthen oversight of the home, she does not effectively evaluate incidents. The manager does not consistently identify poor staff practice or take appropriate action to address it. As a Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 2 result, staff continue to respond inconsistently to incidents, leaving the child at ongoing risk of harm.

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Staff do not take appropriate action to prevent the child from harming themselves or others and rely heavily on police intervention and parental support to manage incidents. Consequently, the child regularly reports feeling unsafe in the care of staff.

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Risk assessments and behaviour support plans have been updated. However, staff do not consistently follow the agreed plans. During incidents, staff do not share a consistent approach in line with the child’s plans and this has not been identified or effectively addressed by the manager within staff discussions or supervisions.

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Staff have completed additional training to help them meet the child's identified needs. However, staff have not applied this learning effectively in practice. Consequently, the training has not improved staff's understanding of the child's risks or enhanced their ability to respond to and meet the child's needs effectively.

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Transitions out of the home continue to be poor. At the time of the visit, the child had remained in hospital for a number of weeks with no planned return to the home. Although staff were continuing to support the child in hospital with the support of agency staff, staff within the home are unable to meet the child’s needs safely.

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Due to the lack of improvements and significant concerns identified, Ofsted took the decision to immediately suspend the home at the time of the visit. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 3

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

24/06/2026 Full Inadequate 29/04/2025 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 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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*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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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;

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

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are familiar with, and act in accordance with, the home’s child protection policies;

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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 effectiveness of the home’s child protection policies is monitored regularly. (Regulation 12 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(b)(e))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that staff: 9 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 5 have the knowledge and skills to keep children safe;

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understand children’s risks and know how to respond in line with their care plans and risk assessments;

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carry out meaningful direct work with children to help them develop a better understanding of their risks and how to stay safe.

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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 work as a team where appropriate;

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ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child;

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ensure that the home has sufficient staff to provide care for each child;

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ensure that the home’s workforce provides continuity of care to 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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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 9 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 6 feedback on the experiences of children, including complaints received; 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)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(i)(ii)(h))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that the manager has sufficient oversight of the home, including incidents, and that any learning identified is implemented across the staff team.

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In addition, staff must receive appropriate training and have a clear understanding of children’s risks.

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Furthermore, there must be a consistent approach to practice across the staff team, and any shortfalls must be appropriately identified and addressed.

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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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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 the child’s placing authority is contacted, and a review of that child’s relevant plans is requested, if— 9 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 7 the registered person considers that the child is at risk of harm or has concerns that the care provided for the child is inadequate to meet the child’s needs;

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the child is, or has been, persistently absent from the home without permission; or

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that staff help each child to access and contribute to the records kept by the registered person in relation to the child. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(i)(ii)(iii)(c)(e)(i)(ii)(f))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that children experience moves into and out of the home that are nurturing and in line with their individual care plans.

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

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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protect and promote each child’s welfare;

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treat each child with dignity and respect;

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provide personalised care that meets each child’s needs, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans, taking account of the child’s background;

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help each child to understand and manage the impact of any experience of abuse or neglect;

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help each child to develop resilience and skills that prepare the child to return home, to live in a new placement or to live independently as an adult; 19 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 8 provide to children living in the home the physical necessities they need in order to live there comfortably;

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make decisions about the day-to-day arrangements for each child, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans, which give the child an appropriate degree of freedom and choice;

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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) (2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(ix)(c)(i)(ii))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that staff understand and implement the home’s ethos as outlined in the statement of purpose and that children are given appropriate freedoms in line with their risks and care planning.

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The children’s views, wishes and feelings standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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develop positive relationships with them;

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take their views, wishes and feelings into account in relation to matters affecting the children’s care and welfare and their lives.

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

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ascertain and consider each child’s views, wishes and feelings, and balance these against what they judge to be in the child’s best interests when making decisions about the child’s care and welfare;

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help each child to express views, wishes and feelings; 19 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 9 help each child to understand how the child’s views, wishes and feelings have been taken into account and give the child reasons for decisions in relation to the child;

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regularly consult children, and seek their feedback, about the quality of the home’s care;

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help each child to understand how the child’s privacy will be respected and the circumstances when it may have to be limited;

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help each child to prepare for any review of the child’s relevant plans and to make the child’s views, wishes and feelings known for the purposes of that review; and

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make each child aware of and, if necessary, remind them of each of the matters in sub-paragraph (d)(i) to (iii);

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is enabled to provide feedback to, and raise issues with, a relevant person about the support and services that the child receives;

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has access to the home’s children’s guide, and the home’s complaints procedure, when the child’s placement in the home is agreed and throughout the child’s stay in the home; and

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keep the children’s guide and the home’s complaints procedure under review and seek children’s comments before revising either document;

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ensure that an explanation is given to each child as soon as reasonably practicable after the child’s arrival about—

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how to make a complaint or representations in relation to the home or the care the child receives and how any such complaint or representations will be dealt with; and

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what advocacy support or services are available to the child, how the child may access that support or those services and Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 10 any entitlement the child may have to independent advocacy provision; and

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ensure that the views of each relevant person are taken into account, so far as reasonably practicable, before making a decision about the care or welfare of a child. (Regulation 7 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)iii)(iv)(v)(vii)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(c)(d)(i)(ii)(iii)(e))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that children’s views are listened to and responded to effectively.

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In addition, children must be supported to raise complaints if they wish and have access to correct information on how to do so.

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Furthermore, children’s views, including any complaints, must be appropriately recorded. Children must have access to an advocate should they choose.

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The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on—

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an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and

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positive responses to other children and adults.

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

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meet each child’s behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child’s relevant plans;

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help each child to develop socially aware behaviour;

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encourage each child to take responsibility for the child’s behaviour, in accordance with the child’s age and understanding;

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help each child to develop and practise skills to resolve conflicts positively and without harm to anyone; 19 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 11 communicate to each child expectations about the child’s behaviour and ensure that the child understands those expectations in accordance with the child’s age and understanding;

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help each child to understand, in a way that is appropriate according to the child’s age and understanding, personal, sexual and social relationships, and how those relationships can be supportive or harmful;

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help each child to develop the understanding and skills to recognise or withdraw from a damaging, exploitative or harmful relationship;

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strive to gain each child’s respect and trust;

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understand how children’s previous experiences and present emotions can be communicated through behaviour and have the competence and skills to interpret these and develop positive relationships with children;

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are provided with supervision and support to enable them to understand and manage their own feelings and responses to the behaviour and emotions of children, and to help children to do the same;

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de-escalate confrontations with or between children, or potentially violent behaviour by children;

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that each child is encouraged to build and maintain positive relationships with others. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(ix)(x)(xi)(b))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that staff strive to build positive relationships with children and maintain a consistent, nurturing response.

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In addition, children must be supported to develop safer conflict management.

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Furthermore, staff must understand the impact of children’s previous experiences and use this understanding to build trusting and caring relationships with them, while maintaining consistent boundaries. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 12 The education standard is that children make measurable progress towards achieving their educational potential and are helped to do so.

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

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help each child to achieve the child’s education and training targets, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans;

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support each child’s learning and development, including helping the child to develop independent study skills and, where appropriate, helping the child to complete independent study;

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understand the barriers to learning that each child may face and take appropriate action to help the child to overcome any such barriers;

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help each child to understand the importance and value of education, learning, training and employment;

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promote opportunities for each child to learn informally;

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maintain regular contact with each child’s education and training provider, including engaging with the provider and the placing authority to support the child’s education and training and to maximise the child’s achievement;

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raise any need for further assessment or specialist provision in relation to a child with the child’s education or training provider and the child’s placing authority;

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help a child who is excluded from school, or who is of compulsory school age but not attending school, to access educational and training support throughout the period of exclusion or non-attendance and to return to school as soon as possible;

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help each child who is above compulsory school age to participate in further education, training or employment and to prepare for future care, education or employment;

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help each child to attend education or training in accordance with the expectations in the child’s relevant plans; 19 August 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 13 (Regulation 8 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(ix)(x))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that staff support children to access education or take part in an appropriate level of informal learning while awaiting an education placement. Any delays in education planning must be promptly and appropriately addressed.

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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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seek to secure the input and services required to meet each child’s needs;

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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

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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)(b)(c)(d))

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Specifically, the registered person must ensure that the manager escalates any concerns effectively to the placing authority. 19 August 2026

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*These requirements are subject to a compliance notice.

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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: 2807058 14

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Prosperity Children’s Services

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Prosperity Children’s Services Ltd, Unit 8, Venus House Altham Business Park, Altham, Accrington BB5 5BY

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Inspector

Justina Henry, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2807058 15 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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