SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?81%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
Learning cultureExceptional
Safe and effective staffingExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?83%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentExceptional
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
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 accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Person-centred careExceptional
Planning for the futureExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?96%★Outstanding
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Freedom to speak upGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 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. ?
Deangate Care Home is one of 71 care homes in Barnsley: a 50-bed residential care home in Barnsley, run by Hill Care 3 Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Barnsley has 33 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Hill Care 3 Limited runs 5 care homes, and 4 of the 5 rated are Good or Outstanding. 1 of the 6 nearest homes is also Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. 80% of homes in Barnsley also score 5. Across Barnsley, 82% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in September 2025. It was Outstanding for caring and well-led as well. For safe, effective and responsive, the rating was Good. That is up from Good in July 2019. The typical rating in Barnsley is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 16 were exceptional.
