SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
SafeguardingGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsExceptional
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?80%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Treating people as individualsExceptional
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: 31 good, 2 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. ?
Polesworth Group Friary Road is in the Good tier ?, with 89 other homes in Warwickshire.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Polesworth Group Friary Road is one of 165 care homes in Warwickshire: a 6-bed residential care home in Atherstone, run by Polesworth Group Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Warwickshire, where the median is 33 beds.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. 95% of homes in Warwickshire also score 5. 89 other homes in Warwickshire share its tier, “Good”. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 7 homes run by Polesworth Group Homes Limited. 7 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in April 2026. That matches its previous rating, from December 2018. Ratings in Warwickshire are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 2 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
