Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 7 years ago↓ Down from Good
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. ?
SENSE - 35 Hawthorn Road is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 54 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Birmingham, SENSE - 35 Hawthorn Road is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 6 beds. It is registered to care for people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Birmingham, where the median is 16 beds.
Across Birmingham, 77% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in December 2024. In Birmingham, 86% of homes score 5. It is one of 36 homes run by Sense. 33 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Warren Farm Lodge (Good), 0.6 km away.
CQC last rated the home in April 2019, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in April 2016. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 60% of homes in Birmingham. Here is how rating age varies by council.
