SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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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
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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?95%★Outstanding
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
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?71%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
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, 4 exceptional, 1 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. ?
Graysford Hall 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%).
Run by Sanders Senior Living Limited, Graysford Hall is a residential care home in Leicester with 72 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Leicester has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in July 2025. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in May 2021. The typical rating in Leicester is about 3 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 1 fell below good. The lowest was “capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders” (some shortfalls).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. That is true of 95% of homes in Leicester. In Leicester, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Sanders Senior Living Limited runs 11 care homes, and 6 of the 7 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
