Nursing home · Kirklees

Southfield Court Care Home

Off Southfield Road, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8RZ

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↓ Down from Good New owner since January 2024

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 17 May 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • 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

The home changed owner in January 2024. 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 ?

  • October 2022GoodSECRW previous owner
  • July 2021GoodSECRW previous owner
  • March 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • March 2018Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • February 2018InadequateSECRW previous owner
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  • March 2017Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • June 2016InadequateSECRW previous owner
  • November 2015Requires improvementSECRW 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 Kirklees

Southfield Court Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 25 other homes in Kirklees. 78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 9 (7%)
  • Good 69 (56%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 12 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 26 (21%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 3 (2%)

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  • Aden Court Care Home
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Southfield Court Care Home at a glance

Southfield Court Care Home is an independent 50-bed nursing home in Huddersfield, Kirklees, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Kirklees are smaller: the median there is 23 beds.

CQC last rated the home in May 2023, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Good in October 2022.

Across Kirklees, 78% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in June 2026. That is true of 79% of homes in Kirklees. The home changed owner in January 2024. About 0.6 km away, Thorpe House Specialist Adult Mental Health Unit Limited is rated Good.