Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 10 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
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: 19 good, 14 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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The Woodlarks Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 63 other homes in Surrey.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Farnham, Surrey, The Woodlarks Centre is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 23 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in February 2026. 87% of homes in Surrey also score 5. Across Surrey, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 1.3 km away, Ridgway Court is rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in December 2025. Effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For safe, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is down from Good in March 2019. That is more recent than most ratings in Surrey, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 14 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “independence, choice and control”.
