About Launch44
AI-powered registration software for children's homes in England. Guided document generation, live readiness tracking, and regulatory expertise grounded in the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015.
What we do
Registering a children's home with Ofsted requires 14+ mandatory documents, 30+ policies, enhanced DBS checks, GP health declarations, police consultations, planning permission, fire safety assessments, and fit person interviews. The process takes 6–18 months and most applicants either pay for registration support (from around £500 spot reviews up to roughly £9,000 for high-touch coaching) or buy static template packs that don't reflect their specific home.
Launch44 guides you through every step of Ofsted registration with AI-generated documents personalised to your home, a live readiness dashboard, and regulatory guidance, all grounded in the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015.
How we know what we know
Every piece of guidance on Launch44 is grounded in primary regulatory sources:
- The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015, the statutory instrument that governs registration requirements, quality standards, and operational obligations.
- The Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations, Ofsted's official interpretation guidance for each regulation and quality standard.
- The nine Quality Standards (Regulations 5–14), covering the child's experience, education, health and well-being, positive relationships, protection, leadership and management, and care planning.
- Public Ofsted inspection reports and registration outcome data, used to identify the most common rejection patterns and compliance gaps.
Our authority comes from this: the systematic analysis of those primary regulatory sources, encoded into software that guides you through the process step by step, not personal regulatory experience we don't claim to have.
Our methodology
Launch44's guidance is built by systematically encoding primary regulatory sources into software, not by claiming personal practitioner experience. Every prompt template, checklist rule, and readiness score traces back to a specific regulation or quality standard.
Primary sources
- Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 specialists
- Guide to the Children's Homes Regulations reference knowledge
- Ofsted SC1 registration process expertise
- Quality Standards (Regulations 5-14) compliance
- Regulation 44 visit preparation
- Fit Person interview preparation
AI-generated documents are drafts that require your review. Launch44 does not provide legal advice, and registration outcomes depend on factors beyond any software's control.
External reviewer
We are currently recruiting external practitioner reviewers. We will only name a reviewer here once a real practitioner has agreed to be listed — never before.
Apply as a reviewerWhat we do and don't do
What we do
- ✓Generate personalised Ofsted documents
- ✓Track readiness across documents, personnel, premises, and finances
- ✓Provide regulatory guidance grounded in primary sources
- ✓Help you prepare for SC1 forms, interviews, and Ofsted visits
What we don't do
- ×Act as a consultancy or provide legal advice
- ×Store sensitive artefacts (DBS certificates, health records, children's data)
- ×Submit applications on your behalf
- ×Replace your own regulatory judgment or professional advice
Our approach to data
Launch44 is the guidance and orchestration layer, never the data vault. We track statuses, generate documents, and provide AI-powered guidance. We do not store DBS certificates, health declarations, references, or children's records at any phase. All evidence tracking is status-only; you retain sensitive artefacts locally and submit them directly to Ofsted.
This is a permanent architectural boundary. By design, we never hold your most sensitive information. It stays under your control.
For full details, see our privacy policy.
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