GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: GoodRated 2 months ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNo registered managerNew owner since June 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?0%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
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?0%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome 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: 24 good, 9 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Highborder Care Home Gloucestershire Limited runs Highborder Lodge, a residential care home in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire with room for 40 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Gloucestershire are smaller: the median there is 25 beds.
In August 2026, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That is up from Requires improvement in September 2022. Ratings in Gloucestershire are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2023. That is true of 91% of homes in Gloucestershire. Across Gloucestershire, 87% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. The home changed owner in June 2025.
