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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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
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?71%Good
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Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 29 good, 4 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. ?
Woodheyes is a 38-bed residential care home in Leicester, Leicestershire. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in February 2026. Before that, in May 2021, it was rated Requires improvement. The typical rating in Leicestershire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 4 fell below good. The lowest was “independence, choice and control” (some shortfalls).
About 0.0 km away, Aylesham Court Care Home is rated Outstanding. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2025. That is true of 82% of homes in Leicestershire. In Leicestershire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
