Residential care home · Barnsley
Thornhill House
Church Street, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9LG
How it compares in Barnsley
Thornhill House is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 4 other homes in Barnsley. 82% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
- Outstanding 5 (7%)
- Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (7%)
- Good 42 (59%)
- Good, with an area to improve 3 (4%)
- Requires improvement 11 (15%)
- Inadequate 1 (1%)
- Not yet rated 4 (6%)
Care homes nearby
Other homes run by Strong Life Care Limited
3 care homes in total: 3 Good.
What the data says about Thornhill House
Run by Strong Life Care Limited, Thornhill House is a residential care home in Barnsley with 40 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in June 2019. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. Its rating before that, in July 2016, was the same. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Barnsley, 31% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
Strong Life Care Limited runs 3 care homes, and all 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. That is true of 80% of homes in Barnsley. Across Barnsley, 82% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.