Residential care home · Leicestershire

Woodway House

11 Enderby Road, Blaby, Leicester, LE8 4GD

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 5 months ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 13 May 2026 Rated 5 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown5 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Learning cultureSome shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
    • Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 6 below good
    • Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • Assessing needsGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown2 of 5 below good
    • Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
    • Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Person-centred careGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown4 of 7 below good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
    • Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
    • Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
    • Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 20 good, 13 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • February 2018GoodSECRW
  • February 2016GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Leicestershire

Woodway House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in Leicestershire. 81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (3%)
  • Good 95 (58%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (17%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 11 (7%)

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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 months ago
  • The Manse
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    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Tavey House
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Queens Park Care Home
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    Requires improvement S: GoodE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • Queens Lodge
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    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago

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What the data says about Woodway House

Woodway House is one of 163 care homes in Leicestershire: a 32-bed residential care home in Leicester, run by Woodway Carers Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.

CQC last rated the home in May 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in February 2018. The typical rating in Leicestershire is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found some shortfalls in “independence, choice and control”, one of 13 standards out of 33 scored below good.

Chataway Care Home, 0.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. That is true of 82% of homes in Leicestershire. In Leicestershire, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).