SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 8 good
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
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?75%Good
See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
See the breakdownHide the breakdown3 of 7 below good
Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
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: 30 good, 3 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. ?
Run by National Star Foundation, Foundation House is a nursing home in Gloucester, Gloucestershire with 12 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. That is smaller than most homes in Gloucestershire, where the typical home has 25 beds.
Across Gloucestershire, 87% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2025. 91% of homes in Gloucestershire also score 5. 5 of National Star Foundation’s 5 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in October 2026. Its previous rating, in April 2020, was Outstanding, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Gloucestershire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 3 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “care provision, integration and continuity”.
