Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
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. ?
Woodland Court is a 39-bed nursing home in Torquay, Torbay, run by Woodland Healthcare Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and younger adults. Most homes in Torbay are smaller: the median there is 26 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from September 2023, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in December 2017, it was rated Good.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in December 2025. 83% of homes in Torbay score the top mark of 5. 11 other homes in Torbay share its tier, “Requires improvement”. 2 of Woodland Healthcare Limited’s 6 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Rawlyn House, 1.9 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding.