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Paid · in-depth · Children's home (Ofsted)

The Children's home (Ofsted) in-depth assessment — know exactly what to fix, and how.

The free check gives you a score. This goes the whole way: a full readiness review for your sector, a prioritised 90-day action plan, and the editable templates to close every gap. Own it forever.

Free vs in-depth

When a score isn't enough

Free self-check

A 2-minute score

  • 10 questions, instant score
  • Your top gap areas flagged
  • Pointers on what to do next

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What you get

A complete, do-this-next package

Readiness report

A clear, RAG-rated report across the standards that apply to Children's home (Ofsted).

Gap register

Every gap, prioritised by risk, with the evidence needed to close it.

90-day action plan

Realistic and sequenced — you'll know exactly what to do next.

Templates included

The editable policies, audits and logs to close the gaps — yours to keep.

What we assess

What the Children's home (Ofsted) in-depth assessment covers

Every area below is reviewed, RAG-rated against the standards that apply to you, and turned into a prioritised action.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding, missing-from-home and exploitation procedures are robust and used.

Safety

Risk assessments and the location risk assessment are current.

Care

Each child has a current, personalised care plan and key-worker.

Care

Behaviour support and any restraint are recorded and reviewed.

Health

Health, education (PEPs) and emotional wellbeing needs are met and evidenced.

Staff

Safer recruitment, training and staffing levels meet regulations.

Voice

Children's voice, advocacy and complaints are evidenced.

Leadership

The Registered Manager, Statement of Purpose and reg 44/45 reviews are in place.

Quality

Monitoring, audits and improvement actions are tracked.

Readiness

You could evidence quality of care to an inspector at short notice.

Choose how much help

One payment. The whole roadmap.

Self-guided
£99 · one-off

The in-depth assessment toolkit and templates to run it yourself and build your report.

Assessment + expert review
£295 · toolkit + 60-min call

The toolkit plus a one-to-one expert review of your results and action plan.

Done-with-you
From £495 · we run it with you

We carry out the in-depth assessment with you and hand over the report and plan.

Independently produced; not affiliated with any regulator; no guaranteed outcome.

Start where it suits you

Take the free 2-minute check, or go straight to the in-depth assessment.