SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?83%★Outstanding
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentExceptional
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?85%Good
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Person-centred careExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?79%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 6 exceptional, 1 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. ?
Woodlands Care Home is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 5 other homes in Rotherham.
87% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Conniston Care Limited, Woodlands Care Home is a residential care home in Sheffield, Rotherham with 45 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Rotherham are smaller: the median there is 23 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2026. 100% of homes in Rotherham also score 5. 5 other homes in Rotherham share its tier, “Good, with Outstanding areas”. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC last rated the home in February 2026, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Effective was rated Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from December 2018. The typical rating in Rotherham is about 2 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 1 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “medicines optimisation”.
