Residential care home · Coventry

Bablake House

Birmingham Road, Millisons Wood, Coventry, CV5 9AZ

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 6 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 11 August 2020 Rated 6 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • 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?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • June 2018GoodSECRW
  • May 2017Requires improvementSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Coventry

Bablake House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 23 other homes in Coventry. 68% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 1 (1%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (1%)
  • Good 39 (51%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 9 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 24 (31%)
  • Not yet rated 3 (4%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Clarendon House
    Coventry · CV5 9BA · Residential care home · 23 beds1.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • St Jude’s Residential Care Home Limited
    Coventry · CV5 7LJ · Residential care home · 27 beds2.7 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 7 years ago
  • Avalon Court Care Centre
    Coventry · CV4 9YQ · Nursing home · 107 beds3.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Hawthorne House
    Coventry · CV4 9QS · Nursing home · 102 beds3.1 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • Aspect House
    Coventry · CV4 9GH · Residential care home · 13 beds3.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 months ago
  • Allesley Hall
    Coventry · CV5 9AD · Nursing home · 45 beds3.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago

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Bablake House in brief

Bablake House is a 45-bed residential care home in Coventry. 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 Coventry has 29 beds, so this one is bigger than average.

Across Coventry, 68% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in November 2025. 98% of homes in Coventry also score 5. Clarendon House, 1.8 km away, is the closest home rated Good.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in August 2020. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in June 2018, it was rated Good. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Coventry, 43% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).