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?88%★Outstanding
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Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Consent to care and treatmentExceptional
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
Supporting people to live healthier livesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?95%★Outstanding
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?82%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Equity in accessExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 10 exceptional, 1 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. ?
Cleeve Lodge is an independent 24-bed residential care home in Reading, Oxfordshire, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. That is smaller than most homes in Oxfordshire, where the typical home has 48 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from May 2025, is Outstanding overall. Effective and caring were also Outstanding. For safe, responsive and well-led, the rating was Good. Its rating before that, in April 2019, was the same. Ratings in Oxfordshire are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “governance, management and sustainability”, one of 1 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2025. That is true of 88% of homes in Oxfordshire. Across Oxfordshire, 88% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. 1 of the 6 nearest homes is also Outstanding.
