Children's Home run by KPMSUK LTD in CamdenOfsted inspection, 10 Sept 2026

Inspection report for children’s home: 2799242 1 Registered provider: KPMSUK 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

The privately run home is commissioned by a local authority. It provides care for up to 8 children who may experience social and emotional difficulties. At the time of the inspection, 5 children were living at the home.

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Information about this children’s home

The home was registered with Ofsted in February 2025. There has been no registered manager in post since April 2026, but there have been interim management arrangements in place. An application for a new registered manager was submitted to Ofsted during the inspection on 10 September 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

Overall judgement at last inspection: good

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good

Enforcement action since last inspection: none Inspection report for children’s home: 2799242 2

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Inspection date Inspection type Inspection judgement

09/06/2025 Full Good Inspection report for children’s home: 2799242 3

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Summary of findings

Staff provide good-quality care that promotes children’s safety, stability and development. Staff know children well and build warm, trusting relationships. The committed team uses psychologically informed approaches to understand children’s needs and support positive outcomes. Safeguarding is prioritised, and multi-agency working is a strength. Leaders promote reflection and are committed to improving practice. However, some approaches are not yet fully embedded, and recording does not always demonstrate or capture the impact of interventions and support. Leaders acknowledge this shortfall and are taking appropriate action to develop and embed systems to address this.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children benefit from warm, nurturing and consistent relationships with staff and managers. The staff team is stable with no reliance on agency workers. Staff know the children well and understand their individual histories, needs and interests. Children appear happy, comfortable and confident, with one child warmly referring to it as ‘my home’ when talking about living here. Several children have experienced their longest period of stability since moving here. This strong consistency helps children to feel secure and supports their emotional wellbeing.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are well supported to enjoy a range of activities that reflect their interests and hobbies, such as football, baking and arts and crafts. Staff provide opportunities both in the home and in the community. Plans are personalised and take account of children’s individual preferences. As a result, children are encouraged to develop their interests and make positive use of their time.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children receive individualised care that reflects their needs. Most children have made positive progress from their starting points, including in education, personal hygiene, health and wellbeing. When children experience barriers to education, staff work appropriately with other professionals and advocate for suitable and tailored support. This demonstrates that staff are ambitious for children and focused on improving their outcomes.

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Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good

Children are supported to understand and manage their behaviour safely. Staff understand children’s experiences and respond with appropriate and sensitive boundaries. Children receive help to manage feelings, peer conflict and challenging situations, helping them to develop safer ways of managing emotions and relationships. However, support to help children manage significant changes and transitions in the context of their own experiences and history is not always thoroughly planned for or recorded. Inspection report for children’s home: 2799242 4 Improved consistency is required regarding how staff and leaders in the home capture support discussions, interventions, work completed and the impact this has on children. Leaders recognise these areas for improvement and are taking steps to ensure records better demonstrate the impact of care on children’s progress.

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

Staff understand children’s individual risks and know how to manage them effectively. Risk assessments are extensive, reflective of children’s care plans and updated to include new and emerging risks. The strategies and protocols in place are reviewed and adapted appropriately.

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

Suitability assessments, including matching considerations, are well thought out and used to inform decisions about children’s care. When it emerges that a child’s needs may fall outside the scope of what the home is safely able to provide, appropriate notification, challenge and escalation takes place. This provides confidence that children’s safety is given appropriate priority.

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

Leaders have effective arrangements to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children. Safer recruitment checks are completed, and leaders maintain appropriate oversight of recruitment and compliance requirements. New staff also have their knowledge and understanding of key policies checked. This helps to ensure that children are cared for by staff who understand their safeguarding responsibilities.

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

Training provided supports staff understanding of safeguarding policies and practice. This helps to ensure that safeguarding is understood across the staff team and is embedded in day-to-day care.

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

Leaders respond appropriately to incidents and safeguarding risks and ensure the relevant persons are promptly notified. There has been a reduction in incidents for some children. Staff use appropriate and effective strategies that are tailored to each child to manage behaviour and reduce risk. As a result, no physical intervention has been required.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

There have been some changes in the senior leadership team, and there has been no registered manager since April 2026. Since then, there have been interim arrangements in place, including a house manager. The director of services and responsible individual have ensured continued oversight and consistency of care for children in the home. Recruitment efforts have been successful, and a new manager is in post. An application to register with Ofsted was submitted during the inspection. However, this period of management transition has resulted in a delay in completing the home’s monitoring and review processes.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff have a strong understanding of the children in their care and the ethos of the home. Relationships between staff and children are well established and underpinned by Inspection report for children’s home: 2799242 5 a psychologically informed approach, which helps staff to understand children’s interconnected and overlapping needs. This provides a strong foundation for children to feel safe, understood and supported.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Staff are happy and feel well supported working in the home. Senior leaders are ambitious and keen to drive service development. There are existing and developing systems to better capture intervention, progress and impact; however, these are yet to be fully embedded into daily practice.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Team meetings provide opportunities for learning and are appropriately focused on children’s needs, experiences and safeguarding. There is a strong focus on reflection and accountability to strengthen practice. Supervision is variable with a combination of both group and individual supervision. Staff do not receive regular individual supervision to identify their individual developmental or support needs, and there is little evidence to show how often supervision is provided. Significant but informal conversations take place between leaders and staff, but these are not captured, and as a result, do not inform supervision records and tracking.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good

Multi-agency working is a strength, with external professionals reporting positive communication, advocacy and collaboration. Professionals feel staff are committed and provide children with a sense of belonging. This demonstrates the team’s child-centred and sensitive approach. Inspection report for children’s home: 2799242 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 registered person must complete a review of the quality of care provided for children ("a quality of care review") at least once every 6 months.

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Requirement Due date

In order to complete a quality of care review the registered person must establish and maintain a system for monitoring, reviewing and evaluating—

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Requirement Due date

the quality of care provided for children;

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Requirement Due date

the feedback and opinions of children about the children’s home, its facilities and the quality of care they receive in it; and

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Requirement Due date

any actions that the registered person considers necessary in order to improve or maintain the quality of care provided for children.

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Requirement Due date

After completing a quality of care review, the registered person must produce a written report about the quality of care review and the actions which the registered person intends to take as a result of the quality of care review ("the quality of care review report").

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Requirement Due date

supply to HMCI a copy of the quality of care review report within 28 days of the date on which the quality of care review is completed; and

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Requirement Due date

make a copy of the quality of care review report available on request to a placing authority, if the placing authority is not the parent of a child accommodated in the home.

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Requirement Due date

The system referred to in paragraph (2) must provide for ascertaining and considering the opinions of children, their parents, placing authorities and staff. (Regulation 45 (1) (2)(a)(b)(c) (3) (4)(a)(b) (5) 2 October 2026 Inspection report for children’s home: 2799242 7

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that children experiencing significant changes or transitions are provided with planned, individualised opportunities through direct work to explore and process their views, wishes and feelings, and to develop the emotional resilience needed to manage change. (Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 22, paragraph 4.10)  The registered person should ensure that staff receive regular and consistent supervision in line with the home’s supervision policy. This should include sufficient opportunities for individual supervision as well as group supervision to enable staff to reflect on their practice, discuss individual needs and identify areas for development. The registered person should monitor the frequency and quality of supervision to ensure that arrangements are consistently implemented. (Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 61, paragraph 13.2)

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Recommendations

 The registered person should ensure that case records consistently reflect the work undertaken with children. This includes ensuring that relevant and significant conversations and interventions are recorded and collated appropriately to enable effective management oversight of the support provided and evidence the impact on children. (Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the quality standards’, page 62, paragraph 14.4)

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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: 2799242 8

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Children’s home details

Registered provider address: Park Lane business centre, Unit 6 park lane, Colchester, Essex CO4 5NL

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Inspector

Kay Barnett, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for children’s home: 2799242 9 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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