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
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. ?
Leighton Court Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 12 other homes in Wirral.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Leighton Court Nursing Home
Leighton Court Nursing Home is a 48-bed nursing home in Wirral, run by HC-One Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Wirral has 28 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in July 2021. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in December 2018, was the same. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 34% of homes in Wirral. Here is how rating age varies by council.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. That is true of 84% of homes in Wirral. Across Wirral, 70% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. It is one of 66 homes run by HC-One Limited. 54 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
