One Off services

Our Mini Home Audit provides an independent review of your home’s practice, documentation, and governance over the previous six months.

This service helps leaders gain a clear understanding of strengths, potential risks, and areas requiring improvement before they escalate or impact inspection outcomes.

We assess key areas including:

• Safeguarding records and incident management
   
• Children’s files and care planning documentation
   
• Risk assessments and behaviour support plans
   
• Quality assurance systems and oversight processes
   
• Leadership monitoring and decision-making
   
• Evidence of children’s progress and outcomes
   

• Independent on-site review
   
• Clear verbal feedback at the end of the visit
   
• Written summary report outlining strengths, gaps, and recommended actions
   

Outcome: Greater clarity, early identification of risks, and a clear improvement roadmap.

Our mock inspections simulate the Ofsted experience, helping services understand how they would perform under inspection conditions.

This service builds leadership confidence, identifies gaps in evidence, and provides practical guidance on improving inspection readiness.

• Leadership and management effectiveness
   
• Quality of care provided to children
   
• Safeguarding practice and oversight
   
• Staff knowledge and practice consistency
   
• Documentation quality and evidence of impact
   

• Leadership interviews
   
• File and record sampling
   
• Discussions with staff and children where appropriate
   
• Observation of systems and practice
   
• Detailed written feedback and action plan
   

Outcome: Clear understanding of strengths, risks, and next steps before inspection.

This service provides a targeted review of how prepared your service is for inspection.

It is particularly useful when inspection is anticipated or when leaders want reassurance that systems and evidence are robust.

• Evidence of children’s outcomes and progress
   
• Leadership oversight and monitoring systems
   
• Quality assurance frameworks
   
• Documentation accuracy and completeness
   
• Staff understanding of Ofsted expectations
   

• Practical readiness assessment
   
• Clear prioritised recommendations
   
• Guidance on strengthening evidence
   

Outcome: Increased inspection confidence and reduced risk of negative outcomes.

We support new children’s homes to establish clear, compliant, and workable systems from the outset.

Our focus is on ensuring systems are not only regulatory compliant but practical for day-to-day use.

• Development of core policies and procedures
   
• Creation of recording systems and templates
   
• Establishing quality assurance frameworks
   
• Designing governance and oversight structures
   
• Supporting supervision and monitoring processes
   

Outcome: Robust, sustainable systems that support safe, effective care delivery.

We provide focused guidance to services responding to Ofsted compliance notices.

Our support helps leaders understand requirements, prioritise actions, and implement improvements effectively.

• Detailed review of compliance notice requirements
   
• Risk assessment and priority planning
   
• Development of structured improvement plans
   
• Guidance on evidencing progress to regulators
   

Outcome: Clear, manageable pathway to achieving compliance.

We offer independent support for managing complex complaints, safeguarding concerns, or internal investigations.

Our role is to ensure processes are fair, transparent, and compliant while supporting learning and improvement.

• Review of records and processes
   
• Guidance on investigation procedures
   
• Independent oversight where appropriate
   
• Identification of learning and improvement actions
   

Outcome: Fair, professional processes and strengthened safeguarding practice.