SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Ivy Dene is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 11 other homes in Wakefield.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Ivy Cottage (Ackton) Ltd, Ivy Dene is a residential care home in Knottingley, Wakefield with 20 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers 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.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in December 2025. 88% of homes in Wakefield also score 5. 11 other homes in Wakefield share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Ivy Cottage (Ackton) Ltd runs 5 care homes, and all 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in November 2019. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For effective, the rating was Requires improvement. Before that, in August 2018, it was rated Requires improvement. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Wakefield, 33% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
