Residential care home · Lincolnshire

Kingsway Clayton House

9-11 Lea Road, Gainsborough, DN21 1LW

Requires improvement Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago New owner since October 2025

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 12 May 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • 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?Requires improvement

The home changed owner in October 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2021Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • December 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • May 2017GoodSECRW previous owner
  • July 2015GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Lincolnshire

Kingsway Clayton House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 61 other homes in Lincolnshire. 76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 17 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 9 (3%)
  • Good 148 (53%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 28 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 62 (22%)
  • Inadequate 1 (0%)
  • Not yet rated 14 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Kingsway Clayton House Residential Care Home
    Gainsborough, Lincolnshire · DN21 1LW · Residential care home · 16 bedsunder 0.1 km
    Requires improvement S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
  • Foxby Hill Care Home
    Gainsborough, Lincolnshire · DN21 1PN · Residential care home · 47 beds0.8 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated this month
  • Foxby Court
    Gainsborough, Lincolnshire · DN21 1QR · Residential care home · 46 beds0.9 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • Middlefield House Nursing Home
    Gainsborough, Lincolnshire · DN21 1TY · Nursing home · 18 beds1.0 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 6 years ago
  • Drovers Call Care Home
    Gainsborough, Lincolnshire · DN21 1AN · Nursing home · 52 beds1.1 km
    Inadequate S: InadequateE: InadequateC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Inadequate Rated 2 years ago
  • Tigh Bruadair
    Gainsborough, Lincolnshire · DN21 1HQ · Residential care home · 13 beds1.2 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago

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About Kingsway Clayton House

Kingsway Clayton House is a 14-bed residential care home in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Lincolnshire, where the median is 30 beds.

Across Lincolnshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2025. 95% of homes in Lincolnshire also score 5. About 1.2 km away, Tigh Bruadair is rated Good. Kingsway Clayton House has run the home since October 2025, when it changed owner.

CQC's latest rating, from May 2022, is Requires improvement overall. Well-led was also Requires improvement. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in December 2021.