SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 19 good, 14 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. ?
Banbury Heights Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Oxfordshire.
88% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Banbury Heights Nursing Home
Banbury Heights Nursing Home is a 59-bed nursing home in Banbury, Oxfordshire. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in June 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Oxfordshire, where the typical rating is about 6 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
The Julie Richardson Nursing Home, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. Across Oxfordshire, 88% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in April 2026. 88% of homes in Oxfordshire score the top mark of 5.
