Children's Home run by Catch22 Charity Limited in Sutton

Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2660251 1 Registered provider: Catch22 Charity Limited

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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 owned and managed by a charitable organisation and cares for up to 6 children who may have emotional and/or social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

The home and the manager registered with Ofsted in February 2022. The registered manager submitted their voluntary cancellation form prior to this inspection and is due to leave in July 2026.

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Information about this children’s home

There were 4 children living in the home at the time of this inspection. Three children were spoken with during this inspection.

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This monitoring visit

The home was judged ‘inadequate’ at the full inspection on 27 and 28 April 2026. As a result, 2 compliance notices were issued under regulation 12, the protection of children standard, and regulation 13, the leadership and management standard of The Children’s Homes Regulations (England) 2015. A notice restricting accommodation was also served to prevent new children being admitted to the home.

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This monitoring visit

This monitoring visit took place to monitor compliance with the restriction of accommodation and the 2 compliance notices. Progress has been made. The restriction of accommodation was lifted, and compliance notices are met.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection, leaders and managers have acknowledged previous shortfalls and implemented an action plan which has supported practice oversight and safeguarding consistency. Leaders and managers have strengthened systems for oversight, monitoring, and recording and responding to safeguarding concerns, including improved triangulation of information to identify patterns of risk.

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Leaders and managers have strengthened partnership working with safeguarding professionals and organisational leaders, who have increased wraparound Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2660251 2 safeguarding oversight, strengthened links and explored additional ways to provide further challenge and scrutiny.

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This monitoring visit

Leaders and managers have reviewed leadership arrangements within the home. Leaders and managers reflected openly on accountability and the need for stronger leadership capacity, moving forward. Children and staff have benefited from improved management presence within the home. This means that children were observed seeking support from leaders and staff during the monitoring visit.

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Leaders and managers acknowledged that some children’s risks were not explored robustly enough at the point of admission and that information provided by external professionals was accepted without sufficient challenge. As a result, the referral and admissions process has been reviewed. This has not been tested at the monitoring visit as the home has had restrictions imposed.

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Staff have been supported to strengthen safeguarding practice in the home. Staff are now supported by more structured and accessible risk assessments, missing- from-care protocols and strategies. Staff have also completed additional safeguarding training relating to child sexual exploitation, contextual safeguarding, and harm reduction.

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Additionally, leaders and managers have increased reflective learning opportunities for staff through revised team meeting structures and safeguarding discussions. Staff now review risk assessments live within team meetings to ensure safeguarding concerns remain active and understood across the team.

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Leaders and managers have implemented a system that ensures that allergies are known to all visitors and that appropriate allergy management procedures are in place. Additional adrenaline auto-injectors are now available to staff trained to administer them.

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Children are benefiting from clearer boundaries within the home, including expectations relating to supporting bedroom hygiene, vaping and general behaviour. Staff have started to consistently enforce rules, including confiscating vapes and applying a consistent, zero-tolerance approach to smoking and vaping within the home, while offering the children support with meaningful conversations and identifying services available for them.

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Staff have benefited from clearer expectations, improved training and more cohesive guidance from leaders and managers. Staff have been supported to use increased professional curiosity and observation skills to identify and respond to safeguarding concerns, including complex incidents such as concealed risk-taking behaviour and disclosures. Staff demonstrated improved understanding of children’s risks and safeguarding vulnerabilities and, as a result, said they are more confident in their practice. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2660251 3 Leaders and managers have recognised that further work remains necessary to fully embed safeguarding systems, management oversight and consistent practice across the home. Leaders and managers demonstrated insight into previous failings and showed commitment to continuing improvements in safeguarding practice and leadership oversight. Leaders and managers recognise that new systems are still in

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the early stages of embedding, given the short timescale since the last inspection.

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This monitoring visit

Since the last inspection, there have been significant leadership changes, including forthcoming departures within the management structure and recruitment to key leadership roles. Leaders and managers acknowledged that these transitions would create some uncertainty within the leadership model and require continued stabilisation.

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This monitoring visit

Four requirements were met at this inspection. Two requirements and the recommendation were not looked at as part of this monitoring visit and are therefore restated. Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2660251 4

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

27/04/2026 Full Inadequate 19/08/2025 Full Good 06/08/2024 Full Good 08/08/2023 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2660251 5

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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 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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that children are admitted to the home only if their needs are within the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the home is to provide care and accommodation, as set out in the home’s statement of purpose;

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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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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. (Regulation 14 (1)(a)(b) (2)(a)(b)(ii)(iii))

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Requirement Due date

In particular, when considering new children moving into the home, leaders and managers must fully consider the needs of children already living there and those moving into the home, as well as whether the staff have the skills to meet the needs of all children in their care. 15 July 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2660251 6 Leaders and managers must ensure that children are sufficiently prepared and supported to move out of the home and that their belongings are not packed into bin bags when they leave.

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within 24 hours of the use of a measure of control, discipline, or restraint in relation to a child in the home, a record is made which includes—

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details of the child’s behaviour leading to the use of the measure;

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the date, time, and location of the use of the measure;

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a description of the measure and its duration;

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details of any methods used, or steps taken to avoid the need to use the measure;

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the name of the person who used the measure ("the user"), and of any other person present when the measure was used;

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the effectiveness and any consequences of the use of the measure; and

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a description of any injury to the child or any other person, and any medical treatment administered, as a result of the measure;

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within 48 hours of the use of the measure, the registered person, or a person who is authorised by the registered person to do so ("the authorised person")—

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has spoken to the user about the measure; and

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has signed the record to confirm it is accurate; and

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within 5 days of the use of the measure, the registered person or the authorised person adds to the record confirmation that they have spoken to the child about the measure. (Regulation 35 (3)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(b)(i)(ii)(c)) 15 July 2026 Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2660251 7 In particular, leaders and managers must have appropriate and effective oversight of the use of restraint in the home and ensure that children are spoken with following incidents.

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Recommendation

 The registered person should ensure that children are regularly and consistently offered a wide range of activities both inside and outside of the home and that they are encouraged to participate in these activities. (‘Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 31, paragraph 6.5)

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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: 2660251 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Catch22 Charity Limited

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 27 Pear Tree Street, London EC1V 3AG

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Children’s home details

Responsible individual: Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang

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Inspectors

Jo Tarbie, Social Care Inspector Stella Namakula, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home - monitoring visit: 2660251 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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Inspectors

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