Little Acorns
At a glance
🍏 Food Hygiene Rating (FSA)
📞 Contact Information
| Street Address | Seckington Lodge, Winkleigh, Devon, EX19 8EY |
| Phone Number | 01837680157 |
🏢 Parent Operator Group
| HQ Postcode | Unknown |
✨ AI Executive Quality Summary
Based on the available historical inspection data and the framework parameters, the social care provision's operational history is primarily documented through legacy CQC inspection reports dating from 2013 to 2016. Contemporary metrics under the 2026 SCCIF sub-evaluations (placement stability, lived experience of the child, safeguarding effectiveness, and leadership governance) currently lack detailed, current data points within the provided records.
- Placement Stability Narrative: The provided raw text references historical Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection events spanning January 2013 through January 2016. However, the data set lacks granular incident-level reporting regarding specific placement disruptions, emergency notice behaviors, or proactive staff de-escalation strategies. Consequently, a definitive pattern regarding placement stability, unplanned terminations, or the long-term sustainability of placements cannot be quantitatively or qualitatively established from this limited historical dataset alone. Further contemporary operational data is required to evaluate current stability metrics and de-escalation effectiveness.
- Safeguarding and Lived Experience: Historic regulatory oversight was maintained via CQC reporting cycles up to early 2016; however, specific qualitative insights reflecting the daily lived experiences of children or contemporary safeguarding measures are absent from the provided text.
- Leadership and Governance: Historical inspection events indicate ongoing regulatory engagement up to 2016, though contemporaneous records detailing current management oversight, governance frameworks, and strategic direction under the latest regulatory standards are not present in the current dataset.
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🔑 Official Registries
| Ofsted URN | N/A |
| CQC Location ID | 1-125154002 |
| Last Synced | 2026-08-05 20:31 |
📋 Capacity & Registration
| Registered Manager | null |
| Responsible Individual | null |
| Registered Places | 30 |
| Therapeutic System | null |
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📋 Regulatory Evaluation Log & Reports
👥 Staff Sentiment & Operational Realities
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🔮 Predictive Ofsted Risk Profile
Critical operational instability index. Elevated probability of regulatory inspection downgrade. Immediate sufficiency review recommended.
- Current CQC judgement is Inadequate.
- No inspection recorded for 128 months - the published judgement may no longer reflect current practice.
- No open statutory requirements on the most recent inspection report.
8 signals could not be assessed
- Rating trajectory - fewer than two graded inspections on the timeline.
- Sub-domain judgements - not published, or not yet parsed from the report.
- Manager tenure - not recorded.
- Manager turnover - changes have only been tracked since July 30, 2026; no earlier history exists.
- Operator solvency - no parent operator is linked to this provision.
- Registration status - not recorded.
- Staff sentiment - fewer than 3 verified reviews in the last six months.
- Area deprivation - this postcode has not been geocoded yet.
Derived from published Ofsted and CQC judgements, statutory requirements listed on inspection reports, and verified staff reviews. This is a directory-generated indicator, not a regulator judgement. Recalculated 1 second ago.
⚠️ Area Risk Analysis
Neighbourhood contextArea crime data has not been retrieved for this postcode yet.
Sources: police.uk street-level crime API and MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation. Crime is recorded at the neighbourhood level and does not describe the provision itself.
🌊 Flood Risk Intelligence
Environment Agency flood zone monitoring probability rating.
🗺️ Interactive Geospatial Risk & Asset Map
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🚇 Infrastructure Score
🌐 Wikipedia Insights
Little Acorns
Topics referred to by the same term
Little Acorns may refer to:"Little Acorns", song by Arthur Kent "Little Acorns", song by The White Stripes from Elephant 2003
Read full Wikipedia article →📊 Local Area Stats & Health Trends (torridge)
SEND Tribunal Appeals
| Appeal Rate | 3.12% |
| Decisions Upheld | 98% |
| Mediation Rate | 41% |
OHID Fingertips Public Health
| Life Expectancy | 80.8 years |
| Depression Rate | 14.1% |
| Childhood Obesity | 21% |
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Care Leaver Transition & Statutory Support Portal
Connecting care leavers directly to post-18 statutory support, setting-up home grants, local council offers, and independent living preparation tools.
🏛️ Statutory Local Offer: torridge
Statutory SupportLeaving Care Grant (Setting-up Home Allowance)
£2,000Statutory grant to buy furniture and essentials for your first home.
Council Tax Exemption
Statutory Council Tax exemption applies up to age 21 (varies to 25 depending on local council guidelines).
Higher Education Bursary
Statutory £2,000 Higher Education bursary plus vacation housing support assistance.
PA / Leaving Care Support Team
torridge Council Leaving Care Services - Please contact the local council directly for team details.
📋 Transition & Rights Checklist (Post-18 Planning)
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🔍 Corporate Ownership & Financial Transparency Tracker
Companies House CRN: null | Operator: Lingfield Nursery School
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Risk & Insolvency Flags
The legal entity is not listed as active. This indicates severe structural or operational risk.
