Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 5 years ago↓ Down from Good
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. ?
Birkdale Village Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 20 other homes in Sefton.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by SBS-Services Limited, Birkdale Village Care Home is a residential care home in Southport, Sefton with 20 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people.
Dinorwic Road, 0.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2025. 94% of homes in Sefton also score 5. Across Sefton, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in July 2021. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in July 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Sefton, 53% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
