Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%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
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?57%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 21 good, 12 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. ?
Wolfe House Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 63 other homes in Surrey.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Oxted, Surrey, Wolfe House Care Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 16 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Surrey, where the median is 30 beds.
1 of Wolfe House Limited’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). David Gresham House, 1.5 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. 87% of homes in Surrey also score 5. In Surrey, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC's latest rating, from June 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated safe, effective and caring as Good. Before that, in December 2018, it was rated Good. Ratings in Surrey are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 12 fell below good. The lowest was “treating people as individuals” (some shortfalls).
