Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 6 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since January 2025
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. ?
The home changed owner in January 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
Woodland Specialist Care is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 54 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Birmingham, Woodland Specialist Care is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 6 beds. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Birmingham, where the median is 16 beds.
CQC last rated the home in February 2020, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in August 2017, it was rated Good. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 60% of ratings in Birmingham are as old (how rating age varies by council).
In Birmingham, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in May 2026. 86% of homes in Birmingham score the top mark of 5. The home changed owner in January 2025. The nearest home with a higher rating is Haddon House (Good), 1.1 km away.
