SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 6 good, 27 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. ?
Whetstone Grange is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in Leicestershire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Whetstone Grange is a 38-bed residential care home in Leicester, Leicestershire, run by A L A Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs.
It is one of 3 homes run by A L A Care Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Chataway Care Home (Good), 0.2 km away. Across Leicestershire, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in February 2026. 82% of homes in Leicestershire also score 5. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
In November 2025, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. Before that, in March 2021, it was rated Good. The typical rating in Leicestershire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 27 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.
