SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?42%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?60%Requires improvement
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Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?50%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?43%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 5 good, 28 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. ?
Bridgewood Trust Limited runs Mountjoy Road, a residential care home in Huddersfield, Kirklees with room for 8 residents. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Kirklees has 23 beds, so this one is on the small side.
In July 2026, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. Before that, in April 2019, it was rated Good. Ratings in Kirklees are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 28 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “assessing needs”.
In Kirklees, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2024. That is true of 79% of homes in Kirklees. The Gables, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 10 of Bridgewood Trust Limited’s 11 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
