SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
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?90%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
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?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 3 exceptional, 2 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. ?
Evington Home - Pilgrims' Friend Society is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 2 other homes in Leicester.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Leicester, Evington Home - Pilgrims' Friend Society is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 30 beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs.
In Leicester, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). It is one of 12 homes run by Pilgrims' Friend Society. 10 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2026, is Good overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. Its rating before that, in November 2018, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Leicester, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “infection prevention and control”, one of 2 standards out of 33 scored below good.
