SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
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?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
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?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?57%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 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. ?
Walton Manor is an independent 47-bed residential care home in Wakefield, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Wakefield, where the typical home has 22 beds.
CQC last rated the home in August 2025, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That is down from Good in April 2020. That is more recent than most ratings in Wakefield, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe and effective staffing”, one of 10 standards out of 33 scored below good.
About 1.6 km away, Ashgrove House is rated Good. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in March 2026. That is true of 88% of homes in Wakefield. 18 other homes in Wakefield share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
