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?88%★Outstanding
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherExceptional
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
Supporting people to live healthier livesExceptional
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?89%★Outstanding
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Person-centred careGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesExceptional
Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
Planning for the futureExceptional
Providing InformationExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?82%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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National Star College - Ullenwood is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 11 other homes in Gloucestershire.
87% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about National Star College - Ullenwood
Run by National Star Foundation, National Star College - Ullenwood is a nursing home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with 88 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with a sensory impairment and children. Most homes in Gloucestershire are smaller: the median there is 25 beds.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in September 2026. It was Outstanding for effective, caring and responsive as well. For safe and well-led, the rating was Good. Its rating before that, in February 2018, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Gloucestershire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. CQC scored 33 standards: 12 exceptional and the rest good.
Across Gloucestershire, 87% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. None of the 6 nearest homes is rated Outstanding. It is one of 5 homes run by National Star Foundation. 5 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
