SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Requires improvement
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Responding to people's immediate needsSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 11 good, 22 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. ?
Ambleside is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 24 other homes in Gloucestershire.
87% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Ambleside is one of 194 care homes in Gloucestershire: a 18-bed residential care home in Cheltenham, run by Mr and Mrs J C Walsh. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Dalkeith (Good), 0.6 km away. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from October 2025. In Gloucestershire, 91% of homes score 5. In Gloucestershire, 87% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC's latest rating, from May 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, caring and well-led as well. CQC rated effective and responsive as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in September 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Gloucestershire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “responding to people's immediate needs”, one of 22 standards out of 33 scored below good.
