Guidance

Introduction to children's homes

When and how to register with Ofsted if you want to open or manage a children's home or secure children's home.

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Ofsted
Published
12 April 2012
Last updated
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Applies to England

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Introduction to children바카라 사이트檚 homes

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This guide explains what a children바카라 사이트檚 home is and what you must do if you intend to open one.

You should also read our main guide to registration, which applies to all children바카라 사이트檚 social care services and our guidance on recruiting staff.

View Ofsted바카라 사이트檚 registration services and forms.

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Published 12 April 2012
Last updated 24 May 2024 show all updates

  1. Removed the need for a financial reference, following a change in legislation.

  2. Updated the 바카라 사이트楥hildren바카라 사이트檚 homes that provide care and accommodation for adults바카라 사이트� section to include information about individual circumstances where it would be in the child바카라 사이트檚 best interest to live in a children바카라 사이트檚 home after their 18th birthday. We have also the updated the 바카라 사이트楪uidelines for judging if a home is meeting the 바카라 사이트榳holly or mainly바카라 사이트� definition바카라 사이트� section and added a new paragraph to the 바카라 사이트楶rinciples to apply where a young adult resides at a children바카라 사이트檚 home바카라 사이트� section.

  3. Clarification added to the location assessment about consulting with relevant local bodies and updated the unregistered section to clarify when we may undertake a criminal investigation. We have also removed guidance on indicators for supported accommodation that is now in our guidance for registering supported accommodation.

  4. Guidance on Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children removed in the interim whilst the Home Office and Department for Education review current position.

  5. Clarified the section 'When you do not need to register' and removed guidance on unregulated establishments as this content is currently under review.

  6. Clarified our guidance about applications to manage more than one children바카라 사이트檚 home.

  7. Added link to guidance about applying to register a multi-building children's home.

  8. Clarified our guidance on one manager managing two homes.

  9. Revised guidance on applying to manage more than one children's home.

  10. Revised throughout for clarity.

  11. Minor updates to reflect a legislation change on exemptions from registration for 16 to 19 academies (p5), and to clarify existing guidance on unregulated and unregistered providers (p16).

  12. Updated this guidance to clarify that we do not register satellite children바카라 사이트檚 homes.

  13. Updated to make it clear when unregulated and unregistered services should register.

  14. Updated to bring in line with legislation changes in 2015.

  15. First published.

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