Children's Home run by LUCID CO-OP HEALTHCARE LTD in Buckinghamshire

Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2805163 1 Registered provider: Lucid Co-op Healthcare Ltd

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Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This privately owned home provides care for up to 3 children who experience emotional and social difficulties.

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Information about this children’s home

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

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Information about this children’s home

The manager and home registered with Ofsted on 5 August 2025.

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This monitoring visit

Following an ‘inadequate’ judgement at the full inspection on 2 and 3 June 2026, Ofsted issued a notice of proposal to suspend and, subsequently, a notice of proposal to cancel the registration of the home. This was due to significant concerns about the provider’s ability to provide safe and effective care to the child who had recently moved out of the home at the time of the full inspection.

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This monitoring visit

A monitoring visit was conducted on 21 July 2026. The manager was starting to take action to address the shortfalls identified and there was some evidence of a commitment to improve the quality of care provided to children. The registered manager provided written representation, which was accepted, and notice of proposal to cancel was withdrawn on 22 July 2026. The suspension remains in place.

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Staff have decorated children’s bedrooms with new soft furniture and set up a ‘snug’ room which is more child focused.

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Staff have completed training on contextual safeguarding and diversity, which was identified as a shortfall at the last monitoring inspection. However, despite staff having completed training courses, they are unable to demonstrate the skills to implement their learning in practice. Staff cannot confidently identify what action is needed to ensure the safety of children. Additionally, the manager has not yet Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2805163 2 established effective systems to evaluate the impact of training on children’s experiences and outcomes.

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Updates have been made to some documents following advice and action plans provided by the independent visitor, who last visited on 8 August 2026. However, these documents are not fully understood by staff and therefore are ineffective. The manager has not taken necessary steps to update and complete key documents required, such as the statement of purpose, care plan and risk assessment templates. These significant shortfalls raise concerns about the competence of managers and leaders.

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The responsible individual has been absent from work since before the last full inspection in June 2026. The manager advised that an advert for the responsible individual position had gone out on 16 July 2026, however, the manager was not aware if anyone had responded to the advert. The lack of senior management oversight of the home significantly undermines the effectiveness of safeguarding practice, impedes staff development and delays improvement of the service.

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Managers and staff have not made effective and sustainable changes to their practice. Staff and managers need to develop a sound understanding of how to provide individualised care that improves children’s outcomes.

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The requirements set at the full inspection have been restated.

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

02/06/2026 Full Inadequate 17/02/2026 Full Requires improvement to be good Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2805163 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 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 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’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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demonstrate that practice in the home is informed and improved by taking into account and acting on—

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research and developments in relation to the ways in which the needs of children are best met; and

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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)(e)(f)(g)(i)(h)) 16 November 2026

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The positive relationships standard is that children are helped to develop, and to benefit from, relationships based on— 16 November 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2805163 4 mutual respect and trust;

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an understanding about acceptable behaviour; and

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positive responses to other children and adults.

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

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meet each child’s behavioural and emotional needs, as set out in the child’s relevant plans;

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help each child to develop socially aware behaviour;

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encourage each child to take responsibility for the child’s behaviour, in accordance with the child’s age and understanding;

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communicate to each child expectations about the child’s behaviour and ensure that the child understands those expectations in accordance with the child’s age and understanding;

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help each child to understand, in a way that is appropriate according to the child’s age and understanding, personal, sexual and social relationships, and how those relationships can be supportive or harmful;

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help each child to develop the understanding and skills to recognise or withdraw from a damaging, exploitative or harmful relationship;

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strive to gain each child’s respect and trust;

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understand how children’s previous experiences and present emotions can be communicated through behaviour and have the competence and skills to interpret these and develop positive relationships with children;

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are provided with supervision and support to enable them to understand and manage their own feelings and responses to the behaviour and emotions of children, and to help children to do the same; and Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2805163 5 that each child is encouraged to build and maintain positive relationships with others. (Regulation 11 (1)(a)(b)(c) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(ix)(x)(b))

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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— that staff—

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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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help each child to understand how to keep safe;

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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 home’s day-to-day care is arranged and delivered so as to keep each child safe and to protect each child effectively from harm;

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that the effectiveness of the home’s child protection policies is monitored regularly. (Regulation 12 (1)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(b)(e)) 16 November 2026

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The enjoyment and achievement standard is that children take part in and benefit from a variety of activities that meet their needs and develop and reflect their creative, cultural, intellectual, physical and social interests and skills.

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In particular, the standard in paragraph (1) requires the registered person to ensure— 16 November 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2805163 6 that staff help each child to—

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develop the child’s interests and hobbies;

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participate in activities that the child enjoys and which meet and expand the child’s interests and preferences; and

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make a positive contribution to the home and the wider community; and

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that each child has access to a range of activities that enable the child to pursue the child’s interests and hobbies. (Regulation 9 (1) (2)(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(b))

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The registered person must recruit staff using recruitment procedures that are designed to ensure children’s safety.

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employ an individual to work at the children’s home; or

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if an individual is employed by a person other than the registered person to work at the home in a position in which the individual may have regular contact with children, allow that individual to work at the home,

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if the individual satisfies the requirements in paragraph (3).

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the individual is of integrity and good character;

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the individual has the appropriate experience, qualification and skills for the work that the individual is to perform; and

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full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the individual in respect of each of the matters in Schedule 2. (Regulation 32 (1) (2)(a)(b) (3)(a)(b)(d)) 16 November 2026

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The registered person must prepare and implement a policy ("the behaviour management policy") which sets out—

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how appropriate behaviour is to be promoted in the children’s home; and 16 November 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2805163 7 the measures of control, discipline and restraint which may be used in relation to children in the home.

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The registered person must keep the behaviour management policy under review and, where appropriate, revise it. (Regulation 35 (1)(a)(b) (2))

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In particular, the registered manager must ensure that staff do not use punitive discipline that restricts a child’s movement, and that they use behaviour support in line with the home’s statement of purpose.

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The quality and purpose of care standard is that children receive care from staff who—

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understand the children’s home’s overall aims and the outcomes it seeks to achieve for children;

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use this understanding to deliver care that meets children’s needs and supports them to fulfil their potential.

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

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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understand and apply the home’s statement of purpose;

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protect and promote each child’s welfare;

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treat each child with dignity and respect;

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provide personalised care that meets each child’s needs, as recorded in the child’s relevant plans, taking account of the child’s background;

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help each child to understand and manage the impact of any experience of abuse or neglect; and

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make decisions about the day-to-day arrangements for each child, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans, which give the child an appropriate degree of freedom and choice. (Regulation 6 (1)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(ix)) 16 November 2026 Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2805163 8 In meeting the quality standards, the registered person must, and must ensure that staff—

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seek to involve each child’s placing authority effectively in the child’s care, in accordance with the child’s relevant plans;

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seek to develop and maintain effective professional relationships with such persons, bodies or organisations as the registered person considers appropriate having regard to the range of needs of children for whom it is intended that the children’s home is to provide care and accommodation. (Regulation 5 (a)(d)) 16 November 2026

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If there is a referral of a person working in the home pursuant to section 35 (Regulated activity providers: duty to refer) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006(1), the registered person must without delay notify—

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The registered person must notify HMCI and each other relevant person without delay if—

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there is an allegation of abuse against the home or a person working there; and

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there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious. (Regulation 40 (3)(a)(b)(c) (4)(b)(c)) 16 November 2026

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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: 2805163 9

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Lucid Co-op Healthcare Ltd

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 2 Frederick Street, Kings Cross, London WC1X 0ND

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Inspector

Shaheda Dhandia, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home - monitoring visit: 2805163 10 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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