Children's Home run by Inspirations Leicestershire Limited in Leicestershire

Inspection report for children's home: 2843335 1 Registered provider: Inspirations Leicestershire LTD

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Full inspection Inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this children’s home

This home is owned and operated by a private provider. It is registered to provide care for up to 3 children who may have social and emotional needs.

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Information about this children’s home

At the time of the inspection, 3 children were living in the home. All the children contributed to the inspection.

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Information about this children’s home

The registered manager recently left the home. The home is being led by a new manager who is not yet registered with Ofsted.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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outstanding

How well children and young people are helped and protected outstanding

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outstanding

The effectiveness of leaders and managers outstanding

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outstanding

The children’s home provides highly effective services that consistently exceed the standards of good. The actions of the children’s home contribute to significantly improved outcomes and positive experiences for children and young people who need help, protection and care.

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outstanding

Date of last inspection: 17 December 2025

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outstanding

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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outstanding

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children's home: 2843335 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

17/12/2025 Full Good Inspection report for children's home: 2843335 3

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Summary of findings

Children feel safe and are kept safe through proactive safeguarding strategies and multi- agency collaboration. Children have trusting relationships with a dedicated group of staff who are aspirational for them and help them to recognise risk and keep themselves safe, developing valuable life skills.

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Summary of findings

The manager and staff recognise the importance of enduring relationships and place emphasis on enabling children to maintain positive connections with significant others.

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Summary of findings

The manager and leaders provide strong oversight of the home and provide excellent support to staff, promoting a resilient workforce.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

The home is exceptionally well presented with multiple rooms, giving the children opportunities for socialising, play and sensory time. Children’s bedrooms are individualised and beautifully presented. Items of sentimental value take pride of place in children’s bedrooms. Photos of the children are displayed throughout the home, giving children a strong sense of belonging. The home environment is beautifully presented, and it is a home that children can be proud of.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Staff are highly skilled at helping children to understand and recognise their emotions and to exercise emotional regulation when things become overwhelming. Staff promote this with positive role modelling, high praise and low-level responses when children are overwhelmed. Staff employ a consistently calm approach to children’s care. Children benefit from a predictable pattern of care, routines and boundaries, and they have established trusting relationships with staff.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Leaders and staff place a high priority on the importance of enduring relationships for children. They recognise the significance of sibling connections to children’s identity and as a lifelong bond. They have also made great strides in strengthening children’s relationships with one another. Staff help children to navigate disagreements, reflect on their behaviour and develop empathy for others. The manager and staff promote and facilitate children’s relationships with significant people in their lives. The manager has been instrumental in family meetings moving to a community setting to ensure it is a natural and enjoyable experience for all.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Children enjoy a range of enriching experiences. Staff provide children with opportunities to try out various activities and explore their interests, for example cadets, scouts and boxing classes. Staff support children to develop healthy peer relationships with children in the organisation’s other homes, thus building good community connections and Inspection report for children's home: 2843335 4 providing opportunities to develop social skills in a safe and supportive environment. This builds on children’s sense of identity and feelings of self-worth.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Staff listen to children and take their views very seriously. Monthly children’s meetings provide a forum for children to voice things they would like or are unhappy about. This gives children the opportunity to discuss and resolve any issues that have arisen in the group dynamic, with the support of staff. Staff demonstrate creative, fun ways to engage children in conversation.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

All children are engaged in education. Staff transport children to and from school, at times a considerable distance, to ensure a consistent level of care and support. They are committed to continue this for one child who has chosen not to move to a school closer to the home.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: outstanding

Staff encourage children’s healthy eating and self-care. Staff brush their teeth alongside the children to role model this, and the children are supported to prepare meals, including foraging for berries. All the children have made excellent progress in this respect.

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

Children feel safe and can express their emotions openly with staff. The staff team members understand the children and their individual preferences and style of communication. This means that they can support children through more challenging times. Staff are attuned to children’s feelings and recognise any changes in their presentation, enabling them to respond proactively when children need support.

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

Staff responses to safeguarding concerns are both timely and comprehensive. Managers and staff ensure that there is a multi-agency approach to inform safety plans and take prompt action to ensure children’s safety. Staff use creative ways to engage children in learning on keeping safe. For example, on one occasion, work was completed with a child using the child’s virtual reality headset to deliver educational videos. This supported the child’s understanding and awareness of the risks of online exploitation.

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

Managers and staff have a proactive approach to safeguarding. They demonstrate a good awareness of contextual risks to children and recognise the increased risk factors to children in care. Children’s risk assessments are reflective of this. Even when risks are not present, staff complete relevant work with children to develop children’s risk awareness and the skills needed to keep themselves safe.

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

Children’s risk assessments provide clear guidance to staff to support them to manage children’s behaviour. They include a description of where the concern stems from, including the child’s experiences before coming into care. This helps staff to understand the child’s journey and how their lived experiences translate to the behaviours observed. A holistic approach to care runs throughout children’s records in the home. Inspection report for children's home: 2843335 5 Managers take appropriate action in response to allegations made by children against staff. They ensure that relevant professionals and regulatory bodies are informed. Children are kept informed, and their views and feelings are sought.

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

Staff use physical restraint only as a last resort, when necessary, to protect the child or others from harm. Reports are consistently detailed and reflective, and children are always spoken to, to help them understand why the intervention was needed. Incidents requiring physical restraint are reducing, in line with children building good connections with staff and staff being attuned to their needs.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The home is led by an enthusiastic, child-focused manager, who is new to the role but retains high expectations for developing staff and improving outcomes for children. The manager knows the children extremely well, having invested time establishing a relationship with them and getting to know what is dear to them. Staff report that the manager ‘gets stuck in with the day-to-day care of the children’.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

During this inspection period, the previous registered manager left the organisation. This was a planned and seamless transition, with a thorough handover period for the new manager. Leaders have made a concerted effort to support the manager, including peer support from other managers in the organisation, to establish consistency for the staff and children. Children were supported with a visual storyboard, personalised letters from the previous manager and considered care from staff to support their feelings around change and loss.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Management oversight across all aspects of children’s care is thorough and reflective. When areas for staff development are identified, the manager ensures that action is taken and that it is meaningful. Learning is embedded by revisiting the topics with staff in team meetings and individual supervision sessions, and through peer mentoring. Management oversight is further strengthened by an assistant psychologist who spends time in the home and identifies areas for improvement.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

The manager’s vision for developing the home reflects their aspirations to improve outcomes for children. They plan to further develop independence plans for children to ensure that all children are equipped with good safety skills and to create an open dialogue so that children feel able to speak to staff as and when risks arise. They recognise the importance of early intervention and developing these skills gradually at the child’s pace.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Children benefit from a consistent and dedicated staff team. While most of the team members were new to the role 12 months ago, they present as confident and capable. This is reflective of the high level of support from managers, positive working relationships in the team and good-quality training. Leaders promote progression and development opportunities for staff. Inspection report for children's home: 2843335 6 The manager places emphasis on staff wellbeing and protects time for staff to receive regular, reflective supervision. Staff benefit from regular, purposeful team meetings that provide an important forum for the staff team to discuss the children and engage in peer reflection. This supports staff to maintain good-quality care and promotes the continuation of a resilient workforce. Staff say that they feel very well supported in their roles.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

No statutory requirements or recommendations have been made at this inspection.

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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: 2843335 7

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Children’s home details

Registered provider: Inspirations Leicestershire LTD

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: 131a London Road, Oadby, Leicester LE2 5DP

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Inspector

Jenna Allen, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children's home: 2843335 8 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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