SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?★Outstanding
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?★Outstanding
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
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. ?
Run by The Knoll Care Partnership Limited, Bowfell House is a residential care home in Manchester, Trafford with 40 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. That is larger than most homes in Trafford, where the typical home has 24 beds.
It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2025. 95% of homes in Trafford also score 5. In Trafford, 86% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in October 2021. It was Outstanding for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Good. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 32% of ratings in Trafford are as old (how rating age varies by council).
