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?79%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
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?93%★Outstanding
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Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Freedom to speak upExceptional
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 9 exceptional. 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. ?
Grovelands is a 61-bed residential care home in Yeovil, Somerset, run by Somerset Care Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Somerset has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in September 2025. Caring and well-led were also Outstanding. Safe, effective and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Outstanding at the inspection before, in December 2017. That is more recent than most ratings in Somerset, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 9 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
In Somerset, 89% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in April 2026. That is true of 94% of homes in Somerset. It is one of 21 homes run by Somerset Care Limited. 20 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. 1 of the 6 nearest homes is also Outstanding.
