SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?41%Requires improvement
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Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%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?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?50%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
Buckler's Lodge Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 3 other homes in Bracknell Forest.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Buckler's Lodge Care Home is one of 17 care homes in Bracknell Forest: a 80-bed residential care home in Crowthorne, run by Greensleeves Homes Trust. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Bracknell Forest has 39 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
About 0.8 km away, Pinehurst Care Centre is rated Good. Greensleeves Homes Trust runs 26 care homes, and 18 of the 26 rated are Good or Outstanding. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 100% of homes in Bracknell Forest also score 5. In Bracknell Forest, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That matches its previous rating, from March 2023. Ratings in Bracknell Forest are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “learning culture”, one of 15 standards out of 33 scored below good.
