SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
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?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Knowles Court Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 17 other homes in Bradford.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Priory Court Developments Limited runs Knowles Court Care Home, a nursing home in Bradford with room for 146 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. Most homes in Bradford are smaller: the median there is 32 beds.
17 other homes in Bradford share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 85% of homes in Bradford also score 5. Priory Court Developments Limited runs 4 care homes, and all 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. Willow View, 2.1 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2025, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Good. CQC rated responsive as Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in June 2019. That is more recent than most ratings in Bradford, where the typical rating is about 3 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “assessing needs”, one of 10 standards out of 33 scored below good.
