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Children's Home Registration Roadmap

The Ofsted registration pathway for a children's home, stage by stage, with the decisions that come first.

What's inside

Which regulator applies to which children's service
Statement of Purpose requirements for children's homes
Registered manager requirements and qualifications
Property, location assessment and planning considerations
The policies and quality standards evidence expected
Preparing for the registration visit and interview

This resource is general guidance to help you prepare. It is not legal advice and it is not a regulatory decision — CQC and Ofsted make those. Always check the current official guidance for your service type.

Why Care Cove

Advice from someone who has actually done it

Care Cove is led by Sheunesu Matewe, who built a UK care business from nothing, achieved a Good CQC rating, supported more than 150 service users and completed a profitable exit — then started helping other providers do the same. Every process in this platform came out of doing the work, not reading about it.

Built & scaled: a UK care business from start-up
Good: CQC rating achieved as a provider
150+: service users supported
Exited: the business profitably

Past experience is described for context. It is not a prediction or guarantee of any particular outcome for your business.

If you would rather not do it alone