Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from GoodNo registered managerNew owner since May 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
The home changed owner in May 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Run by Bretby Care Home Limited, Bretby House is a residential care home in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham with 24 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Birmingham are smaller: the median there is 16 beds.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Boldmere Drive (Good), 0.2 km away. Bretby Care Home Limited has run the home since May 2025, when it changed owner. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. In Birmingham, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2026. 86% of homes in Birmingham also score 5.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in October 2023. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Before that, in September 2019, it was rated Good. Ratings in Birmingham are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most.
