SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?79%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Consent to care and treatmentExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?95%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?93%★Outstanding
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Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Care provision, integration and continuityExceptional
Equity in experiences and outcomesExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Planning for the futureExceptional
Providing InformationExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?86%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 20 good, 13 exceptional. 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. ?
Tigh Fruin is a 6-bed residential care home in Retford, Nottinghamshire, run by Kisimul Group Limited. It is registered to care for younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and children. It is a small home for Nottinghamshire, where the median is 26 beds.
Kisimul Group Limited runs 21 care homes, and 18 of the 21 rated are Good or Outstanding. 1 of the 6 nearest homes is also Outstanding. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Across Nottinghamshire, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2025. 89% of homes in Nottinghamshire also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in March 2026. Caring and responsive were also Outstanding. CQC rated safe, effective and well-led as Good. Its previous rating, in December 2021, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. That is more recent than most ratings in Nottinghamshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 13 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
