SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 26 good, 1 exceptional, 6 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Run by Lilian Faithfull Care, Royal Court is a residential care home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with 48 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Gloucestershire, where the typical home has 25 beds.
Its CQC rating, from November 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in September 2018. Ratings in Gloucestershire are typically about 5 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “delivering evidence-based care and treatment”, one of 6 standards out of 33 scored below good.
CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. That is true of 91% of homes in Gloucestershire. In Gloucestershire, 87% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.6 km away, Monkscroft Care Centre is rated Outstanding. Lilian Faithfull Care runs 4 care homes, and all 4 rated are Good or Outstanding.
