Children's Home run by Foresight Care Ltd in Walsall

Inspection report children's home: 2826337 1 Registered provider: Foresight Care 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

The home registered with Ofsted in November 2025 and is owned by a private company. It provides care for one child who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children's home

At the time of the visit, there were no children living at the home.

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Information about this children's home

A manager has been recruited and has applied to register with Ofsted.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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requires improvement to be good

How well children and young people are helped and protected requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

The effectiveness of leaders and managers requires improvement to be good

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requires improvement to be good

The children's home is not yet delivering good help and care for children and young people. However, there are no serious or widespread failures that result in their welfare not being safeguarded or promoted.

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requires improvement to be good

Date of last inspection: 10 February 2026

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requires improvement to be good

Overall judgement at last inspection: Good

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requires improvement to be good

Enforcement action since last inspection: None Inspection report children's home: 2826337 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

10/02/2026 Full Good Inspection report children's home: 2826337 3

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Summary of findings

No children are currently living in the home. Despite efforts, staff struggled to establish and maintain clear routines and boundaries and effectively safeguard the previous child. While the child made some progress, they were clear that they wanted to move from the home. Their initial planned ending became immediate following a significant incident. Leaders have reflected on the child’s time in the home. This work has not fully captured learning from significant incidents or affected staff practice as yet. Systems for managing records are poor. This hampers leaders and managers ability to effectively oversee the quality of care and ensure improvements are made.

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improvement to be good

One child has lived in the home since the last inspection. While staff were able to provide some stability, the child expressed their wishes to move which was respected by their network. The inspector spoke to the child by telephone who provided mixed feedback about their time in the home.

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improvement to be good

The child’s move from the home was not positive. A significant incident led to the child’s placement ending immediately and the plans staff had in place to mark their ending did not happen. There is not full agreement amongst leaders and managers that this ending needed to happen so quickly. This did not provide the child with the opportunity to say goodbye.

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improvement to be good

Staff work hard to support children’s relationships with the people that are important to them. Where this was proving difficult for one child, staff ensured lines of communication were kept open for the child to give them the opportunity to rekindle those relationships in the future.

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improvement to be good

Staff advocate for the child’s educational needs and challenged professionals when the child was not receiving formal learning opportunities. Despite their best efforts, staff could not engage the child in education in the home or other activities that would help prepare them for a return to a formal education setting.

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improvement to be good

Staff persist in encouraging children to engage in matters relating to their health and wellbeing. Despite reluctance to engage with health professionals, staff helped the child to take part in their annual health review and share their views. Staff also made sure that support for concerns or personal events that might impact on the child’s wellbeing were in place should the child want help with these.

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improvement to be good

Staff do not make sure that the home is a warm and inviting environment for children. For example, there are locks on some doors, ill-fitting curtains and damage to window Inspection report children's home: 2826337 4 frames. In addition, a large part of the back garden is overgrown with brambles and unusable.

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improvement to be good

Staff cannot establish consistent routines and boundaries for children. The child frequently spent long hours online and would go missing from the home. This lack of consistency is exacerbated by a high turnover of staff me which reduces children’s ability to form strong and trusting relationships.

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improvement to be good

Staff do not show sufficient professional curiosity to help children stay safe. On several occasions the child left the home in the early hours of the morning. Staff did not consider the context of the time of day when deciding to use their protocols for such incidents. They also did not question where the child was going, who they were meeting, and there were no attempts to search for the child. This does not demonstrate to the child the care and consideration they deserve.

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improvement to be good

Leaders do not ensure that staff effectively reduce known risks to the child. There were repeated incidents of the child driving the home’s car and them meeting unknown persons while missing from the home. In addition, not all ligature risks were fully considered or mitigated in the home. These events and risks could have resulted in significant harm to the child and others and does not demonstrate that staff learn from incidents to help keep the child safe or notice obvious risks.

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improvement to be good

In contrast, staff have managed some incidents well. Physical interventions are used infrequently, and these are appropriate and proportionate when it happens. Staff have completed appropriate training and understand that physical interventions should only be used as a last resort.

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improvement to be good

When staff practice falls below acceptable standards leaders and the manager take appropriate action afterwards. This includes reporting concerns to the appropriate agencies and undertaking disciplinary proceedings as necessary. However, learning is not always well shared across the team to ensure staff practice is developed and incidents do not happen again.

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

The home is led by a manager who understands the homes strengths and weaknesses. Staff feel well supported by leaders and managers but weaknesses in systems and processes hampers leaders and managers’ oversight of the home. This reduces the capacity for leaders to deliver improvements to care and practice.

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

Leaders and managers have reflected on the previous child’s placement following their abrupt end. However, this review did not sufficiently consider staff practice as a contributing factor to the deterioration in their placement. Senior leaders and managers Inspection report children's home: 2826337 5 have differing opinions about the findings from this review. As a result, this has not led to improvements in practice.

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

Records do not provide clear oversight of staff training, and the manager was unable to clarify what training staff have completed, including training specific to the child’s needs. Staff confirm they do receive training opportunities, but they do not have a sound understanding of the therapeutic approaches noted in the home’s statement of purpose. This does not provide assurance that staff have sufficient knowledge and information to support children’s care.

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

Feedback from professionals is largely positive. Professionals spoke highly of the manager’s relationship with the child and their efforts to try and support the child to remain in the home However, professionals had concerns that the high staff turnover led to inconsistency in staff practice and care. Inspection report children's home: 2826337 6

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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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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;

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

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In particular, the registered person must ensure staff are clear about the action they must take to safeguard children when they go missing.

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In addition, the registered manager must ensure that learning from incidents is effectively shared within the staff team to minimise the risks of repeated incidents which place the child and others at risk of harm. 31 October 2026 Inspection report children's home: 2826337 7 Also, the registered person must also ensure risks in relation to the environment are adequately assessed and acted upon to keep children safe. This specifically relates to ligature risks and extensive bramble in the garden.

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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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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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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)(d)(e)(f)(h))

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In the particular, the registered person must improve the quality of staff record keeping and records of staff training and practice, to support effective monitoring and oversight of the home, and improvements to the quality of care. The registered person must also ensure that staff can effectively provide care in line with the home’s statement of purpose. In addition, the registered person must ensure there is sufficient, permanent staff to provide consistency for children and the opportunity to build relationships. 31 October 2026 Inspection report children's home: 2826337 8

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that the children's home is a nurturing and supportive environment that is homely and meets the needs of their children. This specifically relates to external areas of the home, locks on doors, poorly fitting curtains and damage to window frames. ('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: 2826337 9

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: 77 Holyhead Road, Birmingham B21 0LG

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Children's home details

Responsible individual: Christopher Taylor

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Inspector

Louise Naylor, Social Care Inspector Inspection report children's home: 2826337 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 children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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Inspector

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