Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 5 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 19 good, 14 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. ?
Leighton House Retirement Home Limited is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 17 other homes in Rochdale.
65% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Leighton House Retirement Home Limited
An independent residential care home in Rochdale, Leighton House Retirement Home Limited is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 30 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in May 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in January 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped. That is more recent than most ratings in Rochdale, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 14 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. That is true of 60% of homes in Rochdale. Across Rochdale, 65% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The nearest home with a higher rating is The Mews (Outstanding), 0.7 km away.
