Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?62%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
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?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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
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: 28 good, 5 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Scalford Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in Leicestershire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Scalford Court Care Home is one of 163 care homes in Leicestershire: a 59-bed residential care home in Melton Mowbray, run by V & L Corporation Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Leicestershire are smaller: the median there is 30 beds.
Framland, 2.5 km away, is the closest home rated Good. In Leicestershire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2025. 82% of homes in Leicestershire also score 5.
CQC last rated the home in May 2024, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for effective and well-led as well. For safe, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in August 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped. CQC found significant shortfalls in “assessing needs”, one of 5 standards out of 33 scored below good.
