Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since October 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
The home changed owner in October 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. ?
Laurel Grove is one of 243 care homes in Derbyshire: a 3-bed residential care home in Chesterfield, run by Walton Lodge Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Derbyshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2024, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Good in October 2018.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in January 2022. That is true of 93% of homes in Derbyshire. 40 other homes in Derbyshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. It is one of 7 homes run by Walton Lodge Limited. 3 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The home changed owner in October 2025. The nearest home with a higher rating is Cedar Lodge (Good), 0.1 km away.
