SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsExceptional
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?85%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
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?82%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 27 good, 5 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. ?
Community Places is a 16-bed residential care home in Barnsley. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Barnsley, where the median is 33 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. 80% of homes in Barnsley also score 5. Across Barnsley, 82% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 3 homes run by Community Places Limited. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
In October 2025, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That is up from Requires improvement in April 2023. The typical rating in Barnsley is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 1 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “medicines optimisation”.
