SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
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?71%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
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
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
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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Ings Grove House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 25 other homes in Kirklees.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Ings Grove House is a 40-bed residential care home in Mirfield, Kirklees, run by Kirklees Metropolitan Council. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Kirklees, where the typical home has 23 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2026. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in August 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in Kirklees, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 13 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Kirklees Metropolitan Council runs 3 care homes, and 2 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. Hopton Cottage Care Home, 0.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from October 2026. That is true of 79% of homes in Kirklees. Across Kirklees, 78% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
