GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: GoodRated this month↑ Up from Req. improvementNo registered managerNew owner since May 2024
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 32 good, 1 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Avalon Group (Social Care) runs Avalon Clarence Gardens, a residential care home in Wakefield with room for 4 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Wakefield, where the typical home has 22 beds.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in October 2026. That is up from Requires improvement in February 2020. Ratings in Wakefield are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 1 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The home changed owner in May 2024. In Wakefield, 75% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. It is one of 2 homes run by Avalon Group (Social Care). 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
