Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 7 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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?75%Good
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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?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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Harwood House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 9 other homes in Windsor and Maidenhead.
71% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent nursing home in Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, Harwood House is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 35 beds. Its CQC registration covers older people.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2026. 81% of homes in Windsor and Maidenhead also score 5. Across Windsor and Maidenhead, 71% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. 16 Homeside Close, 1.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in May 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Windsor and Maidenhead are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 7 fell below good. The lowest was “learning culture” (significant shortfalls).
