Nursing home · Nottinghamshire
Branthwaite Care Home
34 Welham Road, Retford, DN22 6TN
How it compares in Nottinghamshire
Branthwaite Care Home is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 23 other homes in Nottinghamshire. 85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
- Outstanding 24 (9%)
- Good, with Outstanding areas 10 (4%)
- Good 155 (57%)
- Good, with an area to improve 26 (9%)
- Requires improvement 37 (14%)
- Inadequate 2 (1%)
- Not yet rated 20 (7%)
Care homes nearby
Other homes run by Knights Care (3) Limited
2 care homes in total: 1 Outstanding, 1 Requires improvement.
What the data says about Branthwaite Care Home
Run by Knights Care (3) Limited, Branthwaite Care Home is a nursing home in Retford, Nottinghamshire with 40 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Nottinghamshire are smaller: the median there is 26 beds.
CQC last rated the home in August 2019, giving it Outstanding overall. It was Outstanding for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Good. That is up from Good in December 2016. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 36% of ratings in Nottinghamshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
None of the 6 nearest homes is rated Outstanding. It is one of 2 homes run by Knights Care (3) Limited. 1 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Across Nottinghamshire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in May 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Nottinghamshire.