Children's Home run by BFG Together Limited in Nottingham

Inspection report for children's home: 2591033 1 Registered provider: BFG Together Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children's home

A private company owns this home. It is registered to provide care for up to 4 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children's home

At the time of this inspection, 3 children were living in the home, and they contributed their views to the inspection.

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Information about this children's home

The manager became 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 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: 24 February 2026

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: 2591033 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

24/02/2026 Full Good 19/11/2024 Full Good 24/05/2023 Full Good 21/02/2023 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children's home: 2591033 3

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Summary of findings

Children make progress from their starting points from when they arrive at the home. They benefit from consistent staff who know them well and understand their needs. Children are making progress in education, developing their independence skills and emotional wellbeing. Staff understand children's risks and vulnerabilities and use their good, established relationships to support the children during more difficult times. Children and staff speak positively about the home and their relationships. Further development is needed to ensure that direct work with children focuses on identified risks and concerns. The manager should strengthen how learning from incidents is recorded and used to improve practice.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The manager considers children's needs before they move into the home. He assesses known risks and the potential impact on other children living at the home. One child's recent transition progressed at a pace right for the child and was designed to help the child succeed and make progress following their arrival. The manager considered the risks and was satisfied these could be managed. This means children live together safely and with stable care provided by staff.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff help the children to maintain links with their communities and any interests they may have. At times, children live some distance from their home areas. For example, one child continues to attend cadet celebration events that are important to them. Staff also plan activities around children's individual interests, such as go-karting. Children maintain their identity and important connections for them.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff understand children's needs and how these change over time. Children have placement plans that are reviewed monthly. Staff also use daily information and photos to capture children's experiences and progress. External professionals confirm that staff understand the children and how to support them. Children receive care that reflects their individual needs.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Two children are making progress with attending formal education. One child spoke with enthusiasm about their enrolment at college. Staff support children to develop independence skills alongside their education. One child takes part in voluntary outreach work in the community. They received encouraging feedback during the inspection. These experiences help them develop confidence and prepare for adulthood.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children speak positively about their experiences at the home. Staff spend time with children, developing relationships based on the consistency of approaches to care, and trusting relationships are developed. Children rely on staff who know them well and Inspection report for children's home: 2591033 4 understand their needs. Children have continuity in their day-to-day care, and this helps them to feel settled and make progress.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The home environment has benefited from some recent improvements. Maintenance work will remain ongoing. Children have access to activities in the home. A pool table, table tennis table and gaming equipment suit their needs. Children keep their bedrooms clean and tidy. Further consideration could be made to personalising bedrooms to reflect the children's interests.

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

Staff understand the risks that children may face. Individual risk assessments identify known concerns and include chronologies of significant incidents. Staff can describe children's risks and the strategies needed to manage them. Staff provide consistent responses when children need support.

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

Staff use behaviour support plans to guide their practice. Plans provide an overview of behaviours and identify prevention strategies. Staff know the children well and use well- established relationships to de-escalate more difficult situations. Children benefit from staff who seek to reduce situations without using restrictive practices. The manager requests additional oversight when physical intervention is used. The physical intervention trainer reviews incidents to consider if actions taken are proportionate. This provides an opportunity to identify learning from incidents.

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

Staff document rewards and planned consequences to help children understand choices and maintain behavioural boundaries. Children feel their achievements are recognised and like to build on their progress. Staff sometimes capture natural consequences in children's daily records. More consistent recording would show how staff help children understand their choices.

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

The manager responds to allegations. He seeks advice from the local authority designated officer. This provides external scrutiny of safeguarding concerns. Children feel heard when they raise concerns about their care.

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

Staff follow agreed protocols when children are missing from the home. The manager has improved the timing and quality of information provided to external professionals. However, information following return home interviews is not requested from external professionals. Children's experiences may identify new risks where staff need to strengthen their support.

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

Staff do not always complete direct work following emerging concerns. This reduces opportunities for children to understand risks and develop safer strategies. Staff should ensure that direct work is timely and linked to children's risks and needs. Inspection report for children's home: 2591033 5

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager promotes a child-centred and relational culture that helps establish good relationships between children and staff. The staff provide children with consistent boundaries and routines in a relaxed home environment. The manager encourages staff to recognise children's progress. This helps children experience success that reflects their individual starting points.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff work well together and describe a strong team atmosphere. Staff feedback about leadership is overwhelmingly positive. Staff describe consistency within the team and a shared understanding of children's needs. This provides children with continuity from adults who know and understand them.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager maintains good relationships with external professionals. Professional feedback indicates that staff understand children's needs and how to support them. Children benefit from the adults involved in their lives working together.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager uses daily handovers and team meetings to ensure staff share information about children and agree actions. This helps staff provide children with consistent care. However, the records of team meetings are not completed in a timely way. Timely records would provide staff with a clear account of discussions and decisions.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager recognises staff strengths and the areas where they need to develop. He considers staff learning and development as part of this work. This includes better recording of cycles of reflection, learning and review. This would show how staff use learning to respond to children's changing needs. Inspection report for children's home: 2591033 6

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Recommendations

 Staff skills for safeguarding should include being able to identify signs that children may be at risk and support children in strategies to manage and reduce any risks. Staff should encourage children to express their views about whether they feel safe both within and outside the home. Staff should support children to understand how to ask for help to stay safe and that the home is an environment that supports this. In particular, the registered person should ensure that timely and purposeful direct work takes place following significant incidents or emerging concerns. ('Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards', page 43, paragraph 9.10)  The registered person should make best use of information from independent and internal monitoring (including under regulations 44 and 45) to ensure continuous improvement. They should be skilled in reviewing incidents. They are responsible for

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Recommendations

proactively implementing lessons learned and sustaining good practice. In particular, the registered person should ensure that learning from incidents and return home interviews is clearly identified and recorded, with lessons learned used to inform and improve practice. ('Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, including the quality standards', page 55, paragraph 10.24)

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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 for children's home: 2591033 7

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Children's home details

Registered provider: BFG Together Limited

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Children's home details

Registered provider address: NBV Enterprise Centre, David Lane, Nottingham NG6 0JU

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Inspector

Susie Vere, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2591033 8 regulates 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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