SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?★Outstanding
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?★Outstanding
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
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. ?
Knights' Grove Care Home is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 24 other homes in Hampshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Knights' Grove Care Home is a 56-bed nursing home in Southampton, Hampshire, run by Bupa Care Homes (CFChomes) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Hampshire, where the typical home has 25 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2025. 84% of homes in Hampshire also score 5. In Hampshire, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). 21 of Bupa Care Homes (CFChomes) Limited’s 24 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in March 2019. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Outstanding. Safe was rated Good. Its previous rating, in June 2016, was Good, so the home has improved. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 46% of homes in Hampshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.
