Updated 10 April 2024
The Old School House is a residential care home providing the regulated activity of personal care to younger autistic adults, and people with a learning disability and sensory impairment. The assessment was prompted by a review of information we held about the service and provider. We assessed a total of 6 quality statements from the safe and well-led key questions and found areas of both good practice and concern. The scores for these areas have been combined with scores based on the key question ratings from the last inspection. Though the assessment of these quality statements indicated some areas of good practice, we rated this service as requires improvement as it did not meet legal requirements relating to the safe administration and management of medicines and management oversight and governance. The inspection team included, 3 inspectors, and an Expert by Experience. An Expert by Experience is a person who has personal experience of using or caring for someone who uses this type of care service. We received feedback from the local authority quality monitoring team. During the assessment process, we spoke with 4 people and 9 relatives. We observed how people were being cared for and supported. The service assessed is a specialist service that is used by autistic people or people with a learning disability. We expect health and social care providers to guarantee autistic people and people with a learning disability respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it.