SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 7 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. ?
The Barn is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 27 other homes in Lincolnshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Autism Care (UK) Limited runs The Barn, a residential care home in Lincoln, Lincolnshire with room for 10 residents. CQC registers it to look after people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Lincolnshire, where the median is 30 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in June 2024. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in July 2018. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 7 fell below good. The lowest was “learning, improvement and innovation” (some shortfalls).
Autism Care (UK) Limited runs 6 care homes, and all 6 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 27 other homes in Lincolnshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Lincolnshire.
