For local authority commissioners
An independent match service for residential children’s homes across England, Wales, and Scotland. Email the placement detail, receive a ranked shortlist with ratings, vacancies, and explicit match reasoning. Click to request intros. We handle the chase.
Why this exists
The market has been independently reviewed. The same gap keeps coming up: commissioners need a neutral, curated view of who is available, where, and at what rating.
“Central portals detailing providers and placements available, ratings, prices, accompanying services.”
Competition & Markets Authority, Final Report
Children’s Social Care Study, para 4.92, March 2022
“DfE cannot break down costs by, for example, staff or buildings, and does not currently have data to support local authorities to determine the reasonableness of prices.”
National Audit Office
Children’s Social Care, para 3.2, September 2025
“Many of the problems highlighted by the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in 2022 persist, and in a significant number of cases have worsened.”
Education Select Committee
Children’s Social Care inquiry, July 2025
What you receive
Below is a representative output. The live version links directly to full provider profiles with map, Ofsted history, and one-click intro requests.
Inside the match workspace
Once an LA opens a match, both sides work through a shared workspace. Identity stays anonymous until both parties opt in. Chat, forms, and documents are captured in one handover bundle.
How it works
Paste the referral in plain English. No template, no login, no form to fill. Attach documents if you wish.
A ranked list of residential children’s homes with Ofsted rating, vacancy, distance, and explicit match reasoning against your criteria.
Select the homes you want to engage. We confirm availability with the provider, forward your referral, and keep the thread moving.