SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 20 good, 13 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Fairholme House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 7 other homes in Oxfordshire.
88% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Fairholme House is a 22-bed residential care home in Banbury, Oxfordshire, run by Oxford Care Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability. That is smaller than most homes in Oxfordshire, where the typical home has 48 beds.
CQC last rated the home in August 2026, giving it Good overall. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. CQC rated effective as Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in July 2023. Ratings in Oxfordshire are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 13 fell below good. The lowest was “treating people as individuals” (some shortfalls).
About 2.6 km away, The Julie Richardson Nursing Home is rated Outstanding. Across Oxfordshire, 88% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from April 2026. 88% of homes in Oxfordshire score the top mark of 5.
