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?Good
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 Gate Rest Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 8 other homes in Dudley.
70% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by SCL Care Limited, Woodlands Gate Rest Home is a residential care home in Stourbridge, Dudley with 20 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2026. 61% of homes in Dudley also score 5. In Dudley, 70% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 2 of SCL Care Limited’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
The current CQC rating is Good, published in April 2019. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in September 2016. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 49% of ratings in Dudley are as old (how rating age varies by council).
