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England

Based in Birmingham. Working where the service is.

Fiveways Advisory is based in Birmingham and meets providers in their own services. The consultancy works across England. The city pages below are not branches. Each one names the council that decides planning for that place, and it quotes only the regional Ofsted figure that was actually published.

Ofsted registers children’s homes in England. The Care Quality Commission regulates health and adult social care in England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own regulators and their own law. If you are outside England, say so at the start.

The West Midlands page is the regional note for the office. The cities are listed because providers ask about them, not because we keep a room in each one.

West Midlands

Birmingham Visits are arranged at the service. Coventry A different local plan from the city next door. Wolverhampton The Black Country is not one planning authority. Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire’s city, still in the West Midlands region.

North West

Manchester The largest regional count. Still one address at a time. Liverpool Same Ofsted region. A different council.

Yorkshire and the North East

Leeds Not the North East, even when the table joins them. Sheffield South Yorkshire has its own authorities. Bradford A metropolitan district with its own plan. Newcastle upon Tyne A long journey. Still no second office.

East Midlands

Nottingham The unitary city and the county ask different questions. Leicester The boundary changes the council, not the child. Derby City council and county council are not synonyms.

London

London The smallest regional count. Not the simplest plan.

South West

Bristol South Gloucestershire and North Somerset are next door, not included. Plymouth The far South West. The same English framework.

South East

Southampton A unitary city on the coast, inside a large region. Reading Not a London borough. Not Southampton. Milton Keynes Its own council. Its own grid of streets.

East of England

Norwich City planning. County children’s services.