Residential care home · Birmingham

Knightwell House

734 Washwood Heath Road, Ward End, Birmingham, B8 2JD

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago ↓ Down from Good New owner since August 2025

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 23 March 2024 Rated 2 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • 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 August 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?

This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • April 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • January 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • July 2016GoodSECRW 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 Birmingham

Knightwell House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 54 other homes in Birmingham. 77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 4 (1%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (2%)
  • Good 140 (51%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 41 (15%)
  • Requires improvement 55 (20%)
  • Inadequate 3 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 24 (9%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Washwood Healthcare Service
    Birmingham · B8 2LJ · Residential care home · 26 beds0.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 months ago
  • Bromford Lane Care Centre
    Birmingham · B8 2RY · Nursing home · 116 beds0.8 km
    Inadequate S: InadequateE: InadequateC: InadequateR: InadequateW: Inadequate Rated 4 months ago
  • Hodge Hill Grange
    Birmingham · B36 8AD · Nursing home · 53 beds1.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 months ago
  • Hodge Hill Grange
    Birmingham · B36 8AD · Nursing home · 53 beds1.4 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 7 years ago
  • Madeleine House
    Birmingham · B33 8EJ · Residential care home · 41 beds1.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Abbotts Road
    Birmingham · B24 8HE · Residential care home · 4 beds2.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago

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What the data says about Knightwell House

Knightwell House is one of 272 care homes in Birmingham: a 8-bed residential care home in Birmingham, run by Coproduce HealthCare Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Birmingham, where the median is 16 beds.

CQC's latest rating, from March 2024, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in January 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped. The typical rating in Birmingham is about 7 years old, so this one is fairly recent.

The nearest home with a higher rating is Washwood Healthcare Service (Good), 0.1 km away. Across Birmingham, 77% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The home changed owner in August 2025.