SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?79%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 livesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?80%Good
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
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?89%★Outstanding
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Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 27 good, 6 exceptional. 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. ?
Castleholme Lodge is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 8 other homes in Kirklees.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Castleholme Lodge is a 20-bed nursing home in Huddersfield, Kirklees, run by Elysium Healthcare No. 4 Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2026, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Outstanding. The typical rating in Kirklees is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 6 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2025. That is true of 79% of homes in Kirklees. 8 other homes in Kirklees share its tier, “Good, with Outstanding areas”. The nearest home with a higher rating is Langdale House (Outstanding), 1.3 km away. Elysium Healthcare No. 4 Limited runs 13 care homes, and 11 of the 12 rated are Good or Outstanding.
