Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Gateholme is one of 96 care homes in Wakefield: a 48-bed residential care home in Wakefield, run by J C Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Wakefield are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
Across Wakefield, 75% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2026. 88% of homes in Wakefield also score 5. It is one of 8 homes run by J C Care Limited. 7 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Carr Gate (Good), 0.1 km away.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in August 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in June 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped.
