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 Knolls Care Centre is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 10 other homes in Central Bedfordshire.
72% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Integrated Nursing Homes Limited, The Knolls Care Centre is a nursing home in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire with 56 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Central Bedfordshire are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in May 2019. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in April 2018. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 44% of ratings in Central Bedfordshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
It is one of 2 homes run by Integrated Nursing Homes Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Central Bedfordshire. Across Central Bedfordshire, 72% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
