Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↑ Up from Inadequate
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. ?
Sandford Road is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 54 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Blueberry Transitional Care Ltd, Sandford Road is a residential care home in Birmingham with 6 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Birmingham, where the typical home has 16 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in February 2022. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is up from Inadequate in November 2020.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in April 2026. That is true of 86% of homes in Birmingham. In Birmingham, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). 1 of Blueberry Transitional Care Ltd’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Forest Grange Care Home, 0.3 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
