Community Campus 87

Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Community Campus 87 1 Community Campus 87

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Registered provider: Community Campus 87 (Cleveland) Limited

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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provider

A private provider operates this supported accommodation service.

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provider

The service can accommodate up to 23 children in 7 shared or group-living premises that are limited to accommodating only looked-after children and care leavers, and 4 self-contained single occupancy premises for the sole use of a child.

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provider

At the time of the inspection, 2 looked-after children and care leavers were using this service.

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provider

The service registered with Ofsted in March 2024.

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provider

Following an organisational restructure the service manager registered with Ofsted in August 2025.

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This monitoring visit

From 22 to 26 June 2026, Ofsted carried out a full inspection. The provider was judged to be outcome 3. Serious and widespread concerns relating to the premises and the leadership and management of the service were identified.

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This monitoring visit

Following that inspection, Ofsted issued compliance notices to address and improve the standard of accommodation, and the effectiveness of leaders and managers. The purpose of this monitoring visit was to review the progress made towards meeting the steps in the compliance notices.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have designed, but not yet implemented, a new recording system for when serious incidents occur that involve children. However, they have not addressed that staff, some who have not undertaken any safeguarding training Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Community Campus 87 2 for 3 years, will require additional training to ensure that they have suitable skills and knowledge to understand when a child is at risk of harm.

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This monitoring visit

Children’s risk assessments and support plans are not kept under regular review. Despite these concerns being raised at the previous inspection, one of the 2 children’s risk assessment has not been reviewed since March 2026. Equally, support plans are not consistently uploaded onto the electronic recording system. This limits staff’s ability to provide consistent support, and this hinders the managers ability to assess the quality of children’s records.

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This monitoring visit

A lack of action from leaders and managers means that children continue to live in premises that are not consistently homely. Children’s bikes continue to be stored in the lounge so children cannot use the room to relax or watch TV. Broken blinds and dirty paintwork contribute to an unkempt environment. This does not help children to develop high aspirations for their futures.

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This monitoring visit

Health and safety shortfalls continue to pose risks to children. One room in a shared premises has been vacant for two weeks. During this period, food bins had not been emptied and the toilet containing bodily fluids had not been flushed or cleaned since the child moved out. This lack of care and attention creates unnecessary health risks for other children living in the premises. Additionally, it demonstrates that leaders and managers oversight of the premises is poor.

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This monitoring visit

Positively, fire risk assessments have been carried out by a suitably skilled person. A program of remedial work has been identified and is being carried out in several premises to ensure compliance with fire safety legislation. This work is being prioritised with highest risk premises first. Neither of the children live in premises where fire safety has been assessed as high risk.

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This monitoring visit

A new health and safety monitoring system has been designed. However, the effectiveness of this cannot be tested as this has not yet been implemented in practice. Staff who have recently undertaken additional training in health, safety and fire matters will complete the assessment.

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This monitoring visit

Although some progress has been made, leaders and managers oversight of the service, and the standard of accommodation that children live in remains poor. As a result, the compliance notices issued under Regulation 4 and 5 have been re-issued. Other requirements raised at the full inspection have not been reviewed. These have been re-stated.

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This monitoring visit

The provider applied to voluntary cancel their registration with Ofsted during the monitoring visit. Ofsted have accepted this application. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Community Campus 87 3

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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 Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 and the ‘Guide to the Supported Accommodation Regulations, including Quality Standards’. The registered person(s) must comply within the given timescales.

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*The protection standard is that children are enabled to feel safe and that their needs are met.

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

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work collaboratively with children to help them understand how to keep safe, by offering guidance and support on how to minimise any potential risk of harm. (Regulation 5 (1) (2)(a)(i)(f)(iii))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 11 October 2026

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*The accommodation standard is that children experience a comfortable and secure living environment.

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

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ensure that the premises used as supported accommodation—

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are designed and furnished so as to meet the needs of each child individually and all children collectively;

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are suitable for the purposes of supported accommodation and are accessible, safe, secure and well-maintained; 11 October 2026 Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Community Campus 87 4 offer a comfortable, positive and nurturing environment, while respecting children’s need for privacy;

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are adequately maintained so as to provide a welcoming and homely environment within both individual and shared living spaces;

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are designed, furnished and maintained to remove avoidable hazards which could pose a health and safety risk to children;

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comply with all relevant statutory provisions dealing with health and safety or fire safety matters;

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only use devices for monitoring or surveillance in communal areas and then only if—

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the monitoring or surveillance is for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. (Regulation 6 (1) (2)(b)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(ix)(x)(c)(i))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated.

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The leadership and management standard is that the registered person enables, inspires and leads a culture in relation to the supported accommodation undertaking that puts children first and prioritises their wellbeing and development.

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

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ensure that arrangements are in place to manage referrals of children to the supported accommodation undertaking and admissions of children to premises used as supported accommodation, including, where relevant, emergency referrals and admissions. (Regulation 4 (1) (2)(f))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 11 October 2026

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The support standard is that children receive individual and tailored support that meets their needs.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to— 11 October 2026 Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Community Campus 87 5 ensure that children are encouraged and enabled to take a lead role in determining the support they receive and to participate in and influence how the supported accommodation operates;

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ensure that plans for support are based on initial referral information, are meaningful and are created in full consultation with the child, taking account of relevant plans for the child;

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keep the child’s support under review, taking into consideration the plans for support, and relevant plans, to ensure that the child’s needs continue to be met and that the child is kept safe;

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engage and work with the accommodating authority if the registered person has concerns or if the child’s support needs to be changed, including where that change may mean that the child requires more intensive support;

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in the event that the registered person or a member of staff considers that an accommodating authority or a relevant person is failing to provide the support set out in a child’s relevant plans, make representations, or, as the case may be, enable staff to make representations, to the accommodating authority or relevant person with a view to ensuring that the child’s needs are met. (Regulation 7 (1) (2)(a)(b)(c)(f)(h))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated.

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The registered person must maintain records ("case records") in relation to each child accommodated by the supported accommodation undertaking which—

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include the information and documents listed in Schedule 2. (Regulation 24 (1)(a))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 11 October 2026

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The registered person must keep records of other information relating to the supported accommodation undertaking set out in Schedule 3.

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The registered person must— 11 October 2026 Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Community Campus 87 6 maintain the records in Schedule 3, which may be kept in electronic form;

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ensure that the records are kept up to date;

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ensure that the records are accessible to children, the CIECSS and each accommodating authority;

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retain the records for at least 15 years from the date of the last entry. (Regulation 25 (1) (2)(a)(b)(c)(d))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated.

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The registered person must notify the CIECSS and any relevant person without delay if—

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a child is involved in or subject to, or is suspected of being involved in or subject to, sexual exploitation or child criminal exploitation;

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an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child and the registered person considers that incident to be serious;

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there is an allegation of abuse against the supported accommodation undertaking or a person working for it;

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concludes (in which case, the notification must include the outcome of the child protection enquiry);

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there is an incident involving the use of a measure of restraint of a child;

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there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 27 (3)(a)(b)(c)(d)(i)(ii)(e)(f))

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This requirement was made at the last inspection and is restated. 11 October 2026

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*These requirements are subject to a compliance notice. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Community Campus 87 7

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Information about this inspection

The purpose of this visit was to follow up information received by Ofsted and/or to ensure that the supported accommodation provider was complying with regulation.

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Information about this inspection

This inspection was carried out under the Care Standards Act 2000. Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Community Campus 87 8

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered provider: Community Campus 87 (Cleveland) Limited

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Supported accommodation provider details

Registered address: 76 Brunswick Street, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1UU

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Nominated individual:

Registered service manager: Joanne French

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Inspector

Beth Forster, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for supported accommodation provider - monitoring visit: Community Campus 87 9 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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