Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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 Limes is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 28 other homes in East Riding of Yorkshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Highgate Care Services Ltd runs The Limes, a residential care home in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire with room for 97 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in East Riding of Yorkshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from November 2022, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in December 2017, was Good, so the home has slipped.
In East Riding of Yorkshire, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 3 out of 5 in October 2025. 94% of homes in East Riding of Yorkshire score the top mark of 5. The nearest home with a higher rating is Riverhead Hall Residential Care Home (Good), 1.0 km away. Highgate Care Services Ltd runs 9 care homes, and 5 of the 9 rated are Good or Outstanding.
