GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNew owner since October 2024
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
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. ?
The home changed owner in October 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. ?
The Big House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 15 other homes in Leicester.
80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Woodleigh Healthcare Limited, The Big House is a residential care home in Leicester with 4 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with a sensory impairment and children. It is a small home for Leicester, where the median is 25 beds.
CQC last rated the home in April 2022, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe and effective as well. For caring, responsive and well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in August 2021, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in May 2024. 95% of homes in Leicester score the top mark of 5. 15 other homes in Leicester share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The home changed owner in October 2024.
