SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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 Knowle Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 65 other homes in Lancashire.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Preston, Lancashire, The Knowle Care Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 32 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2024, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from June 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in Lancashire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old.
Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in February 2026. 77% of homes in Lancashire score the top mark of 5. 65 other homes in Lancashire share its tier, “Requires improvement”. About 0.2 km away, Laurel Villas Limited is rated Good.
