SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
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
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
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?89%★Outstanding
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Equity in accessExceptional
Equity in experiences and outcomesExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Providing InformationExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 24 good, 6 exceptional, 3 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. ?
Waring Close is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 4 other homes in Leicestershire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
MacIntyre Care runs Waring Close, a residential care home in Leicester, Leicestershire with room for 16 residents. It is registered to care for people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Leicestershire, where the median is 30 beds.
It is one of 16 homes run by MacIntyre Care. 15 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. In Leicestershire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2026. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Good. CQC rated responsive as Outstanding. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in January 2019. The typical rating in Leicestershire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 3 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “learning culture”.
