Residential care home · Leicester

Simmins Crescent/Whitteney Drive

2-6 Simmins Crescent, Eyres Monsell, Leicester, LE2 9AH

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 7 years ago New owner since November 2025

CQC rating

Good
Published 16 August 2019 Rated 7 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • 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?Good

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. ?

The home changed owner in November 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?

This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • January 2017GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Leicester

Simmins Crescent/Whitteney Drive is in the Good tier ?, with 53 other homes in Leicester. 80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 1 (1%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 3 (3%)
  • Good 54 (55%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 16 (16%)
  • Requires improvement 18 (18%)
  • Not yet rated 7 (7%)

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Simmins Crescent/Whitteney Drive at a glance

An independent residential care home in Leicester, Simmins Crescent/Whitteney Drive is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 15 beds. It is registered to care for people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. That is smaller than most homes in Leicester, where the typical home has 25 beds.

In August 2019, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in January 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Leicester, 29% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).

The home changed owner in November 2025. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Across Leicester, 80% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.