SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?46%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 7 good, 26 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. ?
Snydale Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 18 other homes in Wakefield.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Snydale Care Home is a 50-bed residential care home in Pontefract, Wakefield, run by Logini Castleford Care Home Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Wakefield has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Its CQC rating, from June 2026, is Requires improvement across the board: overall and for every key question. Before that, in March 2019, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Wakefield is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 26 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.
About 1.1 km away, Ivy Cottage is rated Good. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. In Wakefield, 75% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 2 for food hygiene in September 2026. 88% of homes in Wakefield score the top mark of 5.
