Disclosure Log

Looked After Children Placements (FOI/7261)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 10 February 2026

Dear Requester,
Request FOI/7261
Further to your request received on 9th February 2026, I confirm that the Council has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Questions)
Please provide the following information in relation to placements made by the council with:
  • Woodland Initiative Ltd (Ofsted URN 2763651), and
  • Serenity Woodlands Ltd (Companies House no. 16327529), which offers similar supported accommodation services.
Placements
  1. Since 1 June 2024, has the council placed any looked-after children or care leavers aged 16 or 17 with either:
 
  1. Woodland Initiative Ltd, and/or  No
  2. Serenity Woodlands Ltd  No
 
  1. If yes for either provider, please provide for each provider:  N/A
  1. the number of children placed.
  2. the start and end dates of each placement (month/year is sufficient if necessary).
  3. whether any placements remained active after 6 October 2025 (the start of Ofsted’s full inspection of Woodland Initiative Ltd), and
  4. whether the council currently uses either provider for placements.

Decision-making and due diligence
  1. For each provider, please provide details of the council’s due diligence/assurance processes, including (where held):  N/A
 
  1. the placement approval pathway (e.g., panel/manager sign-off).
  2. any risk assessment or quality assurance checks undertaken before placement, and
  3. any review or reassessment undertaken following Ofsted’s findings at Woodland Initiative Ltd in October 2025.
Answer)
Nottinghamshire County Council have not placed any children with the above provider; all above answers to your questions are either "No" or " N/A" and therefore "No information held".

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Yours sincerely



Freedom of Information
Complaints and Information Team
Chief Executives Department                                         
Nottinghamshire County Council
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