Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 16 good, 17 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 Dale Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 13 other homes in Doncaster.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Mrs Alice Kearns & Mrs Fiona Bath, The Dale Residential Home is a residential care home in Doncaster with 14 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people. That is smaller than most homes in Doncaster, where the typical home has 29 beds.
The nearest home with a higher rating is The Terrace (Good), 0.3 km away. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in February 2025. 83% of homes in Doncaster also score 5. In Doncaster, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in August 2026. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in April 2020, was Good, so the home has slipped. CQC found some shortfalls in “treating people as individuals”, one of 17 standards out of 33 scored below good.
