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?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
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. ?
Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited, Argyll House is a residential care home in Swindon with 5 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Swindon, where the median is 14 beds.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in February 2018. It was Outstanding for responsive and well-led as well. For safe, effective and caring, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in December 2015, was Good, so the home has improved. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Swindon, 24% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
3 other homes in Swindon share its tier, “Outstanding”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Swindon. Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited runs 65 care homes, and 60 of the 65 rated are Good or Outstanding. 1 of the 6 nearest homes is also Outstanding.
