Children's Home run by Aspris Care North West Limited in Lancashire

Inspection report for children’s home: 2595021 1 Registered provider: Aspris Care North West Limited Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

The home is owned by a private provider. It offers care for 2 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of this inspection, 2 children were living at the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The home and manager registered with Ofsted in December 2023.

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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: 21 October 2025

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good

Overall judgement at last inspection: requires improvement to be good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2595021 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

21/10/2025 Full Requires improvement to be good 11/02/2025 Full Good 30/01/2024 Full Good 14/03/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2595021 3

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Summary of findings

Children experience nurturing care from staff who know their individual needs. Children’s different communication styles are understood and respected, and children continue to make progress from their individual starting points.

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Summary of findings

The manager and staff understand children’s individual risks and how to keep children safe. Incidents of children going missing from home and the risk of criminal exploitation have significantly reduced since the last inspection.

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Summary of findings

A consistent and committed staff team is led by an experienced registered manager. The manager is dual registered for another home in the same company, and while support is available to staff, staff supervisions are not consistent and do not fully consider staff wellbeing.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are cared for by staff who take time to know them, building positive relationships with each other. The manager and staff recognise and celebrate children’s progress from their individual starting points. Children are encouraged to take part in activities they are interested in, providing opportunities to build positive relationships.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children’s moves in and out of the home are positive. One child has moved out since the last inspection. The child’s wishes and feelings were considered and acted on when preparing to move. Staff helped the child to improve their independence skills and move to supported accommodation. Two children have moved into the home since the last inspection. Children meet the manager and visit the home before moving in.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Inclusivity is important. Children with additional learning needs are communicated with using appropriate methods, allowing them to have an active part in decision making. Visual communication tools are displayed in the communal area of the home, supporting all children’s learning about each other’s communication styles.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The manager and staff are proactive in recognising children’s barriers to education, working closely with key professionals to reduce gaps. For one child, staff listened to the child’s views, advocating strongly for a new education provider, helping the child to return after 3 months without any education. However, for one child, there is no plan for an appropriate education provision in September.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are actively supported to see people who are important to them. Staff effectively and consistently communicate with family members. Children are safely Inspection report for children’s home: 2595021 4 supported to stay overnight with their family in line with their care plans. When children stay away from the home, staff keep in contact and pick children up if they wish to come home. One social worker said, ‘They [staff] took great care to support [name of child’s] relationships, respecting [child’s] clear boundaries, and ensured they stayed emotionally and physically safe.’

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Staff help children to recognise the importance of speaking to relevant health professionals. When children have been discharged from hospital, staff have followed medical advice consistently. Staff help children to understand the importance of taking prescribed medication and seek additional medical advice in response to children’s wishes for their medication to be reviewed.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

The children’s physical environment provides children with a safe space to spend time with staff and visitors. Children can personalise their bedrooms, and pictures of children are proudly displayed communally. When there is damage in the home, this is quickly fixed.

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

Children are helped to understand how to keep safe, with their views consistently being included in their own safety plans. Staff consistently speak to children about the impact of choices for their own and others’ safety, using creative ways to help children understand in line with their individual stage of development. For one child, they have been better able to recognise negative peers and make positive choices to leave negative friendship groups.

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

Children’s assessments of individual risks are detailed and regularly updated. The manager and staff adhere to additional legal restrictions effectively. Any changes to assessments of risk are completed as part of a multi-agency network. The assessment of risk for one child who moved in, did not consider the impact of a significant event on the child already living in the home.

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

Staff take time to understand who children spend time with outside of the home. Children benefit from staff building trusting relationships with them, supporting children to share information that helps staff keep them safe. Staff stay in touch with children when they are out of the home. For one child, the risk of criminal exploitation has significantly decreased.

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

When children are missing from home, staff understand the necessary steps to look for them. Staff work with the police and others who are important to the children to bring children home safely. The frequency of missing-from-home incidents has decreased since the last inspection. Inspection report for children’s home: 2595021 5 The manager and staff are aware of the challenges the 2 children face in living together, actively assessing the safety of the children inside of the home. Staff demonstrate a consistent ability to adapt their style of communication, helping to calm and separate children in periods of distress, preventing them from harming each other. Consequences are rare, and when used, are appropriate and time-limited. Children are helped to understand any consequences in place.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are led by an experienced and permanent manager. The manager is dual-registered for another home in the organisation. When the manager is not in the home, staff understand how to contact the manager and senior staff members for support. The manager ensures that children are cared for by staff known to the children. No agency staff have been used since the last inspection.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager has effective monitoring and reviewing processes. The manager has a good understanding of the children’s needs and, through monitoring, consistently evaluates the impact of the care provided on each child individually.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

The manager supports staff in their own development and progression. Staff are enrolled on relevant qualifications, completing these within expected timeframes. The manager recognises staff’s strengths and ensures that new staff are working frequently alongside experienced members of the team.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are committed to the children and provide consistent care. Children’s moves out of the home are planned and in line with their care plan. The manager and staff work through challenges as a team. However, communication to senior staff about children’s plans is not effective in helping staff feel their views are listened to.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Supervision sessions lack consideration of the emotional impact staff experience in their roles. The frequency and quality of staff supervision sessions are not consistent, and recordings indicate they are more frequent than staff are reporting.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Team meetings take place frequently, providing staff with regular opportunities to contribute to planning the children’s care. Team meetings and staff’s written records about children are used effectively to support information sharing between staff, helping children receive a consistent level of care. Inspection report for children’s home: 2595021 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, 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

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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Requirement Due date

helps children aspire to fulfil their potential; and

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Requirement Due date

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

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Requirement Due date

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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Requirement Due date

ensure that staff have the experience, qualifications and skills to meet the needs of each child. (Regulation 13 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(c))

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Requirement Due date

Specifically, the registered manager must ensure that all staff receive the same experience of supervision sessions and annual appraisals that incorporate staff wellbeing. Supervision sessions must be accurately recorded, including when they have not taken place. 6 November 2026

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Recommendation

 The registered person should consider any recent, significant incidents for any children moving in to strengthen staff’s ability to understand and respond to children’s behaviours as they are getting to know them. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 42, paragraph 9.7) Inspection report for children’s home: 2595021 7

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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: 2595021 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Aspris Care North West Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 2 Barton Close, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester LE19 1SJ

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Inspector

Beth Bird, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2595021 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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