GoodSafe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: GoodRated 4 years ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNo registered managerNew owner since January 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?Good
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. ?
The home changed owner in January 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Walsingham Support – Hardy Drive is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 22 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Walsingham Support – Hardy Drive
Walsingham Support – Hardy Drive is an independent 6-bed residential care home in Royston, Hertfordshire, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Hertfordshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
CQC last rated the home in December 2021, giving it Good overall. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. Effective was rated Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is up from Requires improvement in November 2019.
CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. In Hertfordshire, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Walsingham Support runs 18 care homes, and 16 of the 18 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The home changed owner in January 2025.
