Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: 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?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
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. ?
Swarthmore Housing Society Limited is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, Swarthmore Housing Society Limited is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 40 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
CQC last rated the home in October 2019, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in January 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Buckinghamshire, 54% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in April 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire. Across Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 0.9 km away, Austenwood is rated Good.
