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. ?
Goodwins Hall Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 87 other homes in Norfolk.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Athena Care Homes (Kings Lynn) Limited, Goodwins Hall Care Home is a nursing home in Kings Lynn, Norfolk with 78 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Norfolk are smaller: the median there is 29 beds.
87 other homes in Norfolk share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2025. 89% of homes in Norfolk also score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is Portland Street (Good), 0.8 km away.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in September 2019.
