Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since October 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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. ?
The home changed owner in October 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Oakwood Bungalows is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 40 other homes in Derbyshire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Walton Lodge Limited runs Oakwood Bungalows, a residential care home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire with room for 11 residents. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Derbyshire, where the median is 30 beds.
40 other homes in Derbyshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2025. 93% of homes in Derbyshire also score 5. Walton Lodge Limited has run the home since October 2025, when it changed owner. Walton Lodge Limited runs 7 care homes, and 3 of the 7 rated are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Cedar Lodge (Good), 0.0 km away.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2023, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in March 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped.
