SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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. ?
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. ?
Woodland House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 54 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Woodland House is a 6-bed residential care home in Birmingham, run by Mr Brendan Freeman. It is registered to care for younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Birmingham has 16 beds, so this one is on the small side.
CQC's latest rating, from February 2020, is Requires improvement overall. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in August 2017, was Good, so the home has slipped. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Birmingham, 60% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
The nearest home with a higher rating is Haddon House (Good), 1.1 km away. CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. 54 other homes in Birmingham share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from May 2026. 86% of homes in Birmingham score the top mark of 5.
