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?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?96%★Outstanding
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Planning for the futureGood
Care provision, integration and continuityExceptional
Equity in accessExceptional
Equity in experiences and outcomesExceptional
Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Providing InformationExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?89%★Outstanding
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Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 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. ?
Highfields is a 5-bed residential care home in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, run by Achieve Together Limited. CQC registers it to look after younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Derbyshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in March 2026. Responsive and well-led were also Outstanding. For safe, effective and caring, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in December 2017, was Good, so the home has improved. The typical rating in Derbyshire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 10 were exceptional.
115 of Achieve Together Limited’s 138 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). 1 of the 6 nearest homes is also Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2025. That is true of 93% of homes in Derbyshire. 11 other homes in Derbyshire share its tier, “Outstanding”.
