SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?57%Requires improvement
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 9 good, 24 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Agnes Court - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Oxfordshire.
88% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Agnes Court - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities
Agnes Court - Care Home with Nursing Physical Disabilities is one of 131 care homes in Oxfordshire: a 24-bed nursing home in Banbury, run by Leonard Cheshire Disability. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Oxfordshire has 48 beds, so this one is on the small side.
In September 2026, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. That is down from Good in March 2019. The typical rating in Oxfordshire is about 6 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 24 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
About 0.6 km away, Green Pastures Christian Nursing Home is rated Good. Leonard Cheshire Disability runs 34 care homes, and 19 of the 34 rated are Good or Outstanding. In Oxfordshire, 88% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in February 2026. That is true of 88% of homes in Oxfordshire.
