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 Conkers is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 11 other homes in Kirklees.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Conkers is one of 123 care homes in Kirklees: a 7-bed residential care home in Mirfield, run by Hollybank Trust. Its CQC registration covers younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. That is smaller than most homes in Kirklees, where the typical home has 23 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in January 2019. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in December 2017, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Kirklees, 40% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
6 of Hollybank Trust’s 8 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. In Kirklees, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2025. That is true of 79% of homes in Kirklees.
