SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Acacia Court is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 10 other homes in Sefton.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Acacia Court is a 27-bed residential care home in Southport, Sefton, run by Laburnum House (Shaw) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in February 2024. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in November 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in Sefton, where the typical rating is about 5 years old.
Laburnum House (Shaw) Limited runs 4 care homes, and 3 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 10 other homes in Sefton share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2025. That is true of 94% of homes in Sefton.
