Residential care home · Buckinghamshire

St Leonards Care Home

86 Wendover Road, Aylesbury, HP21 9NJ

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 31 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

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • November 2017GoodSECRW
  • October 2016Requires improvementSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Buckinghamshire

St Leonards Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire. 73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 5 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (6%)
  • Good 63 (50%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 9 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 30 (24%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 10 (8%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Byron House Care Home
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP21 9LP · Nursing home · 28 beds0.1 km
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 3 years ago
  • Reach Wendover Road
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP21 9LB · Residential care home · 10 beds0.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Kent House
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP21 9PH · Residential care home · 22 beds0.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Mandeville Grange Nursing Home
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP21 9PB · Nursing home · 31 beds0.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 months ago
  • Pennefather Court
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP21 7RA · Residential care home · 14 beds0.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Reach Tring Road
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP20 1LE · Residential care home · 6 beds0.9 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated

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Other homes run by Colleycare Limited

19 care homes in total: 1 Outstanding, 13 Good, 5 Requires improvement.

  • St Lukes and The Oaks Care Home
    Caversham, Reading · RG4 8RP · Residential care home · 78 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • St Brendan's Care Home
    Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest · RG45 7HU · Residential care home · 62 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Ashlyns Care Home
    Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire · HP4 2ST · Residential care home · 62 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Dalton Lodge
    London, Waltham Forest · E17 3QS · Residential care home · 64 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 10 months ago
  • Osbourne Court
    Baldock, Hertfordshire · SG7 6EN · Residential care home · 69 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Ryeview Manor Care Home
    High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire · HP11 1DW · Residential care home · 94 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago

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St Leonards Care Home at a glance

St Leonards Care Home is a 45-bed residential care home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, run by Colleycare Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Buckinghamshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.

CQC last rated the home in May 2023, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. Caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in November 2017, it was rated Good. Ratings in Buckinghamshire are typically about 6 years old, which makes this one newer than most.

In Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire. About 0.1 km away, Byron House Care Home is rated Outstanding. It is one of 19 homes run by Colleycare Limited. 14 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.