Yorkshire and The Humber

Care homes in Wakefield

All 96 care homes in Wakefield, grouped by CQC rating ?

96care homes

2,962beds

75%rated Good or OutstandingEngland 82%

18nursing homes ?

33%ratings over 5 years old ?

Outstanding 2 (2%)
Good, with Outstanding areas 2 (2%)
Good 50 (52%)
Good, with an area to improve 12 (12%)
Requires improvement 19 (20%)
Inadequate 3 (3%)
Not yet rated 8 (8%)

Wakefield ranks 92 of 149 council areas for the share of ratings over 5 years old (1 = oldest). See every area

What the council pays ?

The average weekly cost of care home places Wakefield council arranged in 2024-25. Self-funders' fees are set by each home and are often higher.

£805Residential care, 65 and overEngland £982 · up 10% on 2023-24

£1,105Nursing care, 65 and overEngland £1,102 · up 14% on 2023-24

£2,246Residential care, 18 to 64England £1,883 · up 15% on 2023-24

£2,028Nursing care, 18 to 64England £1,521 · up 357% on 2023-24

Nursing figures don't include the £267.68 a week the NHS pays towards nursing care (FNC, from April 2026). Source: Department of Health and Social Care, adult social care finance report 2024-25. Compare every council

Care home staffing in Wakefield ?

The share of posts in Wakefield's care homes that were vacant in 2024-25. A higher figure can mean more use of agency staff.

5.4%Care homes without nursing: posts vacantEngland 4.1% · about 125 of 2,700 posts

5.4%Nursing homes: posts vacantEngland 4.7% · about 75 of 1,500 posts

6.0%Nurses in nursing homes: posts vacantEngland 6.6%

Source: Skills for Care, adult social care workforce estimates 2024-25 (independent sector). Figures are for the whole area, not individual homes.

Sort Type Cares for Rating ? Manager and owner ?

Outstanding · 2

Rated Outstanding overall.

Hepworth House
Wakefield · WF3 4NG · Residential care home · 66 beds

Outstanding S: OutstandingE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 3 years ago
Sunnyfield
Pontefract · WF7 6DE · Residential care home · 10 beds

Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago

Good, with Outstanding areas · 2

Good overall and Outstanding in at least one key question.

Amelia House
Normanton · WF6 2EH · Residential care home · 10 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
Sunnybank
Castleford · WF10 3SD · Residential care home · 8 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 7 years ago

Good · 50

Good overall and in every key question.

30 Sunnyfield
Pontefract · WF7 6GG · Residential care home · 3 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
54a
Pontefract · WF7 5HG · Residential care home · 3 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Aegis Residential Care
Pontefract · WF8 1QR · Residential care home · 22 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
Agbrigg and Sandal
Wakefield · WF1 5NF · Residential care home · 20 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Alverthorpe
Wakefield · WF2 9JF · Residential care home · 8 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Ann Mangham
Pontefract · WF7 5HB · Residential care home · 11 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
Ashgrove House
Wakefield · WF2 7DP · Residential care home · 30 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
Attlee Court
Normanton · WF6 1DL · Residential care home · 68 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
Avalon Clarence Gardens
Wakefield · WF2 8SU · Residential care home · 4 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month
Avalon Cypress Road
Normanton · WF6 1LL · Residential care home · 4 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Bennett Court
Pontefract · WF9 2TF · Nursing home · 39 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Brookfield
Castleford · WF10 4BJ · Residential care home · 3 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
Broxbourne House
Wakefield · WF1 5LE · Residential care home · 20 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Carleton Court Care Home
Pontefract · WF8 3NQ · Residential care home · 35 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
Carr Gate
Wakefield · WF2 0QU · Nursing home · 65 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Castleford Lodge
Castleford · WF10 5DF · Nursing home · 60 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
Cherry Garth
Wakefield · WF4 2BZ · Residential care home · 2 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
Croft House Care Home
Ossett · WF5 9RL · Nursing home · 68 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Dovecote Lodge
Wakefield · WF4 6DJ · Residential care home · 28 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
Eden Place Residential Home
Pontefract · WF7 7EE · Residential care home · 12 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
Fairburn Mews
Castleford · WF10 2PY · Nursing home · 20 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 months ago
Fairburn Vale
Castleford · WF10 2PY · Nursing home · 20 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
Flanshaw Lane
Wakefield · WF2 9JF · Residential care home · 6 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
Flanshaw Lodge
Wakefield · WF2 9JE · Residential care home · 26 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
Inwood House
Wakefield · WF4 5HG · Residential care home · 55 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
Ivy Cottage
Pontefract · WF7 6HP · Residential care home · 14 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Kingfisher View
Castleford · WF10 2PY · Nursing home · 16 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
Lyndale
Pontefract · WF7 6JX · Residential care home · 18 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
Manor Park
Castleford · WF10 5HA · Nursing home · 73 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Millfields Residential Care Home
Pontefract · WF8 2LS · Residential care home · 38 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
Newbrook
Castleford · WF10 4BZ · Residential care home · 3 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
Newfield Lodge
Castleford · WF10 4BJ · Residential care home · 64 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month
Priory Gardens
Pontefract · WF8 1JQ · Nursing home · 72 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
Prospect House
Normanton · WF6 2JT · Residential care home · 7 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 months ago
Richmond House
Pontefract · WF9 3DB · Residential care home · 5 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 months ago
Springfields Residential Home
Pontefract · WF9 3RE · Residential care home · 6 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
The Beeches
Castleford · WF10 4JW · Residential care home · 23 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 11 months ago
The Hollies
Wakefield · WF1 3RZ · Residential care home · 29 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
The Laurels Residential Home
Pontefract · WF9 3QD · Residential care home · 28 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
The Lawrence
Wakefield · WF2 0QH · Residential care home · 14 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
The Manse Residential Home
Knottingley · WF11 9AL · Residential care home · 21 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
The Old Chapel Care Home
Barnsley · S75 4DB · Residential care home · 15 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
The Sycamores
Pontefract · WF9 3RA · Residential care home · 8 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
The Sycamores
Wakefield · WF1 3BD · Residential care home · 56 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
West Villa Residential Home
Wakefield · WF2 0AB · Residential care home · 32 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
Wheldale Heights
Castleford · WF10 2PY · Nursing home · 24 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 months ago
Whitwood House
Castleford · WF10 5LD · Residential care home · 16 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 10 months ago
Willow Park Care Home
Pontefract · WF8 2HB · Nursing home · 64 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Wood Dene
Wakefield · WF3 3JG · Residential care home · 8 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Woodlands Residential Home
Wakefield · WF4 2LN · Residential care home · 27 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago

Good, with an area to improve · 12

Good overall but Requires improvement or Inadequate in at least one key question.

Earls Lodge Care Home
Wakefield · WF1 4AA · Nursing home · 52 beds

Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 11 months ago
Holyrood House Care Home
Knottingley · WF11 0JG · Residential care home · 85 beds

Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
Ivy Dene
Knottingley · WF11 8NT · Residential care home · 20 beds

Good S: GoodE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
Millennium Care Services - 32 Sunnyfield
Pontefract · WF7 6DE · Residential care home · 3 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 8 years ago
Stella House Residential Care Home
Pontefract · WF8 2SS · Residential care home · 40 beds

Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 months ago
The Acorns
Wakefield · WF3 4HB · Residential care home · 5 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
The Chestnuts Care Home
Normanton · WF6 2QG · Residential care home · 41 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
The Croft Care Home
Normanton · WF6 1NT · Residential care home · 29 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
Vicarage Court Care Home
Pontefract · WF7 6NH · Nursing home · 80 beds

Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
Victoria House
Wakefield · WF4 2DB · Nursing home · 30 beds

Good S: GoodE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
Westmead
Castleford · WF10 3AF · Residential care home · 9 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
Whitwood Grange
Castleford · WF10 4ES · Residential care home · 17 beds

Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 5 years ago

Requires improvement · 19

Rated Requires improvement overall.

1 Hill Close
Pontefract · WF8 2SF · Residential care home · 3 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
2 Hill Close
Pontefract · WF8 2SF · Residential care home · 3 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
Ashby Lodge Residential Home
Wakefield · WF1 2LU · Residential care home · 22 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
Breadalbane Residential Home
Castleford · WF10 4JT · Residential care home · 15 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
Cymar House
Castleford · WF10 4BW · Residential care home · 29 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
Gateholme
Wakefield · WF2 0QW · Residential care home · 48 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
Haven Lodge
Wakefield · WF6 1BP · Residential care home · 32 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
Hazel Garth
Knottingley · WF11 0LG · Residential care home · 24 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated this month
Hemsworth Park
Pontefract · WF9 5EA · Residential care home · 93 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
Hillcrest
Pontefract · WF8 3ND · Residential care home · 20 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: Requires improvementR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
Mellieha
Pontefract · WF9 2BZ · Residential care home · 15 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
Roop Cottage Residential Home
Pontefract · WF9 5AN · Residential care home · 35 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
Snapethorpe Hall
Wakefield · WF2 8YA · Residential care home · 62 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
Snydale Care Home
Pontefract · WF7 6HD · Residential care home · 50 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 4 months ago
Stockingate Residential Home
Pontefract · WF9 3QX · Residential care home · 25 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 8 months ago
Walton Manor
Wakefield · WF2 6NW · Residential care home · 47 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
Warde Aldam
Pontefract · WF9 2JX · Nursing home · 60 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
West Ridings Care Home
Wakefield · WF3 3JX · Nursing home · 180 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated this month
Whitwood Hall
Castleford · WF10 5QD · Residential care home · 16 beds

Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 5 years ago

Inadequate · 3

Rated Inadequate overall.

Advent House
Wakefield · WF3 4AR · Residential care home · 10 beds

Inadequate S: InadequateE: InadequateC: Requires improvementR: InadequateW: Requires improvement Rated 5 months ago
Brantwood Hall Care Home
Wakefield · WF1 3RX · Residential care home · 29 beds

Inadequate S: InadequateE: InadequateC: InadequateR: InadequateW: Inadequate Rated 1 month ago
Riverdale Court Care Home Ltd
Pontefract · WF9 4BE · Nursing home · 94 beds

Inadequate S: InadequateE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: InadequateW: Inadequate Rated 2 years ago

Not yet rated · 8

Newly registered, or CQC has not yet published a rating.

Fairwood Fields Care Home
Pontefract · WF8 4HW · Residential care home · 66 beds

Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
Hamilton Springs
Pontefract · WF9 2JY · Nursing home · 37 beds

Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
Ivy Care Stone Lodge
Pontefract · WF9 1HB · Residential care home · 6 beds

Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
Sandy Court
Ossett · WF5 8BW · Residential care home · 36 beds

Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
Stoneybeck
Pontefract · WF9 5EY · Residential care home · 7 beds

Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
The Britton
Pontefract · WF9 2JY · Residential care home · 5 beds

Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
The Glynn Living
Wakefield · WF1 2AS · Residential care home · 16 beds

Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
The Rivers
Knottingley · WF11 9BL · Residential care home · 59 beds

Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated

Care homes in areas near Wakefield

Care homes in Wakefield

What the council pays ?

Care home staffing in Wakefield ?

Outstanding · 2

Good, with Outstanding areas · 2

Good · 50

Good, with an area to improve · 12

Requires improvement · 19

Inadequate · 3

Not yet rated · 8

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