Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated this month↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?46%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleGood
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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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 8 good, 25 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. ?
Cross Heath Grove is one of 154 care homes in Leeds: a 5-bed residential care home in Leeds, run by Aspire Community Benefit Society Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment, people who use drugs or alcohol and people with an eating disorder. It is a small home for Leeds, where the median is 33 beds.
29 other homes in Leeds share its tier, “Requires improvement”. It is one of 4 homes run by Aspire Community Benefit Society Limited. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. About 0.5 km away, Sunnyview House is rated Good.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Good. Before that, in January 2020, it was rated Good. Ratings in Leeds are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 25 standards out of 33 scored below good.
