SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?53%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?68%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
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
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 17 good, 16 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Thornhill Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 25 other homes in Kirklees.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Monshaw Limited runs Thornhill Nursing Home, a nursing home in Huddersfield, Kirklees with room for 42 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Kirklees are smaller: the median there is 23 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in May 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in Kirklees are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 16 standards out of 33 scored below good.
CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 1 out of 5 in April 2026. 79% of homes in Kirklees score the top mark of 5. 25 other homes in Kirklees share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Cleveland House Care Home, 0.4 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
