Your next Regulation 45 review,
ready to fill in.
A free pack for registered persons and managers of children's homes: the report template, an evidence checklist for the nine quality standards, questions for gathering the four voices, an action tracker and a one-page guide. Word, Excel and PDF, yours to edit.
A working aid, not an Ofsted form. Written against the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the Guide to the Regulations. ARC is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or certified by Ofsted.
What's in the pack
Review report template
WordThe report itself, laid out so nothing in regulation 45 is missed.
- Seven sections, from home details to sign-off
- Bracketed prompts you delete as you write
- A suggested layout, not an Ofsted form
Evidence checklist
WordWhat to look at across the six months, standard by standard.
- All nine quality standards
- Incidents, missing episodes, complaints, Regulation 40 and 44 records and staffing
- A "where it is" column that works on paper or in any system
Questions for gathering views
WordHearing from the four groups regulation 45 names.
- Children, parents and carers, placing authorities and staff
- A short note on how to ask each group
- Room to record what was said and what you did about it
Action tracker
ExcelKeeping the improvement actions in front of you after the report is signed.
- Area, action, evidence link, owner, target date and status
- A tab for actions carried from the last review
- A status drop-down, and a column for the impact you saw
One-page guide
PDFRegulation 45 on a single page, for new managers and for the team.
- What the regulation requires
- The 28 days to send the report to Ofsted
- A six-month timeline, with the sources listed
Built from what ARC already counts
In ARC, creating a Regulation 45 review counts the period's incidents, physical interventions, missing-from-care episodes and complaints for you, and records the children in placement at the moment of compiling.
The improvement actions you list become tasks when a manager submits the report.
The pack works the same on paper or in any system.
See inspection reporting in ARCWhere it comes from
legislation.gov.uk. The duty to review the quality of care, who is asked, and the 28 days to report.
Department for Education. The nine quality standards the evidence checklist follows.
Ofsted. How inspectors look at the quality of care in a children's home.
What a Regulation 45 review must include, who it involves and what to do with the result.