Residential care home · Wolverhampton

Ashley Court Care Limited

251 Penn Road, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5SF

Inadequate Safe: InadequateEffective: InadequateCaring: InadequateResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Inadequate Rated this month ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Inadequate
Published 13 October 2026 Rated this month ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?28%Inadequate
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown8 of 8 below good
    • Infection prevention and controlSignificant shortfalls
    • Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSignificant shortfalls
    • SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?33%Inadequate
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown6 of 6 below good
    • Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherSignificant shortfalls
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesSignificant shortfalls
    • Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?30%Inadequate
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 5 below good
    • Independence, choice and controlSignificant shortfalls
    • Kindness, compassion and dignitySignificant shortfalls
    • Responding to people's immediate needsSignificant shortfalls
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant shortfalls
    • Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?43%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown6 of 7 below good
    • Care provision, integration and continuitySignificant shortfalls
    • Listening to and involving peopleSignificant shortfalls
    • Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
    • Equity in accessSome shortfalls
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Providing InformationSome shortfalls
    • Planning for the futureGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?36%Inadequate
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown7 of 7 below good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
    • Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
    • Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 1 good, 32 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • April 2020GoodSECRW
  • October 2017GoodSECRW
  • June 2015GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Wolverhampton

Ashley Court Care Limited is in the Inadequate tier ?, with 0 other homes in Wolverhampton. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 4 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (1%)
  • Good 35 (50%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 3 (4%)
  • Requires improvement 20 (29%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 6 (9%)

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Ashley Court Care Limited at a glance

Ashley Court Care Limited is a 41-bed residential care home in Wolverhampton. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Wolverhampton has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

The current CQC rating is Inadequate, published in October 2026. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Inadequate. CQC rated responsive as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in April 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Wolverhampton is about 2 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 32 standards out of 33 scored below good.

It is the only home in Wolverhampton in the “Inadequate” tier. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. That is true of 89% of homes in Wolverhampton. Mountfield House Care Home, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good.