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?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. ?
The Chestnuts Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 11 other homes in Wakefield.
75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Chestnuts Care Home is one of 96 care homes in Wakefield: a 41-bed residential care home in Normanton, run by Fieldhouse Care Ltd. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Wakefield has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2025. 88% of homes in Wakefield also score 5. 11 other homes in Wakefield share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.
CQC's latest rating, from November 2023, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in March 2018.
