SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based 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?90%★Outstanding
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Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
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: 30 good, 3 exceptional. 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. ?
Little Oaks Residential Home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 6 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Little Oaks Residential Care Limited, Little Oaks Residential Home is a residential care home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire with 30 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.
In Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2026. 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire also score 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is The Royal Star & Garter Home - High Wycombe (Outstanding), 2.6 km away.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2026, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in March 2018. The typical rating in Buckinghamshire is about 6 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC scored 33 standards: 3 exceptional and the rest good.
