Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: GoodRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
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?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: 20 good, 13 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Huntingdon Court is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in Leicestershire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Leicestershire County Care Limited, Huntingdon Court is a residential care home in Loughborough, Leicestershire with 43 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC last rated the home in October 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and effective as well. CQC rated caring, responsive and well-led as Good. That is down from Good in August 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Leicestershire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 13 fell below good. The lowest was “medicines optimisation” (significant shortfalls).
9 of Leicestershire County Care Limited’s 12 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.2 km away, Lester Court is rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2025. That is true of 82% of homes in Leicestershire. 27 other homes in Leicestershire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
