Even seasoned professionals were horrified when they read the Ofsted report in which a brand new children’s home in Bolton shut down in January. Inspectors had discovered one child had been living in such “squalid” conditions that flies were hatching in his bedroom, which the boy had not left for four months.
The obvious questions followed: how did the private provider, Achieve Care Homes Ltd, receive its licence from Ofsted in August 2021, only to have it taken away in January 2022? What due diligence was done on the owners to ensure they were fit and proper people to take care of some of society’s most vulnerable children?
