SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsExceptional
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
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
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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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 25 good, 7 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. ?
Dignity Residential Care Home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 4 other homes in Barnsley.
82% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Dignity Residential Care Home is one of 71 care homes in Barnsley: a 12-bed residential care home in Barnsley, run by Dignity Residential (Yorkshire) Ltd. CQC registers it to look after older people and younger adults. It is a small home for Barnsley, where the median is 33 beds.
4 other homes in Barnsley share its tier, “Good, with Outstanding areas”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2026. 80% of homes in Barnsley also score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is Deangate Care Home (Outstanding), 2.2 km away.
CQC last rated the home in April 2026, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in July 2018. The typical rating in Barnsley is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “safe and effective staffing”, one of 1 standards out of 33 scored below good.
