Bolton children’s home shut down for ‘serious and widespread failures’

Ofsted immediately suspended the registration of the home after an inspection last monthA children’s home in Bolton has been shut down after inspectors found that one boy had not bathed, changed his clothes or been provided with a home-cooked meal since he arrived in September 2021.Inexperienced and underqualified staff had not entered one bedroom for more than four months despite evidence of flies and “a pungent smell” that spread throughout the home, Ofsted inspectors discove