Residential care home · Wakefield

Whitwood Grange

Smawthorne Lane, Castleford, WF10 4ES

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 5 years ago ↑ Up from Inadequate

CQC rating

Good
Published 15 May 2021 Rated 5 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • 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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • January 2021InadequateSECRW
  • October 2019GoodSECRW
  • January 2017GoodSECRW
  • May 2016Inspected, no new rating
  • December 2015Requires improvementSECRW
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  • June 2015Requires improvementSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

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How it compares in Wakefield

Whitwood Grange is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 11 other homes in Wakefield. 75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 2 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 2 (2%)
  • Good 50 (52%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 12 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 19 (20%)
  • Inadequate 3 (3%)
  • Not yet rated 8 (8%)

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Other homes run by Living Ambitions Limited

11 care homes in total: 10 Good, 1 Requires improvement.

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About Whitwood Grange

Run by Living Ambitions Limited, Whitwood Grange is a residential care home in Castleford, Wakefield with 17 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism.

11 other homes in Wakefield share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 11 homes run by Living Ambitions Limited. 10 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.

CQC last rated the home in May 2021, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. That is up from Inadequate in January 2021. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Wakefield, 33% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).