SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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. ?
The home changed owner in July 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Woodville Residential Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 29 other homes in Derbyshire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Woodville Residential Care Home is one of 243 care homes in Derbyshire: a 46-bed residential care home in Swadlincote, run by Prime Life Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. The typical home in Derbyshire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2021, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in August 2021, was Inadequate, so the home has improved. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Derbyshire, 33% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
About 1.3 km away, Highfields is rated Outstanding. Prime Life Limited runs 54 care homes, and 43 of the 53 rated are Good or Outstanding. The home changed owner in July 2025. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2025. That is true of 93% of homes in Derbyshire. 29 other homes in Derbyshire share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”.
