Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↑ Up from Inadequate
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
Wendover House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Wendover House is a 7-bed residential care home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, run by Heathcotes Care Limited. CQC registers it to look after younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Buckinghamshire, where the median is 30 beds.
About 0.5 km away, Wendover Road is rated Good. It is one of 53 homes run by Heathcotes Care Limited. 45 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Across Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2025. 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2022. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Before that, in December 2021, it was rated Inadequate.
