The review of three settings are residential special schools, which are all registered as children’s homes and operated by the Hesley Group, has been carried out by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
It examines the experiences of 108 children at Fullerton House, Wilsic Hall and Wheatley House, in south Yorkshire, following allegations of abuse.
Lead panel member, Dr Susan Tranter said children were “living far away from home, often with limited communication skills, trapped in settings where systemic and sustained abuse was inflicted with no respite”.
The report highlights “a culture of abuse and harm including sexual harm, misuse of medication, over-use of restraints and inappropriate use of temporary confinement” towards children placed in the homes from 55 local authorities across England.
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