Dementia Care Home

Morley Manor

Brunswick Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS27 9DL

Residential homes

At a Glance

The information you need to decide whether this home warrants a closer look.

DCC Family Score
68/ 100
Weighted from family reviews
Dementia SpecialismConfirmed

Residential homes

Families Rate The Staff65 / 100

Staff warmth score

“Well Looked After”60%

of reviewers answered yes

Good to know

  • Registered beds33
  • SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Dementia
  • Last inspected2023-07-04

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The Evidence

What the review data, the inspection reports, and the dementia-care evidence base tell us about this home.

Section 01

What families say

Some families describe feeling welcomed by approachable staff who work to help new residents settle in. The transition to care can be challenging, but when residents adjust well in their first weeks, it brings relief to loved ones.

The eight family priority themes

  • Staff warmth65
  • Compassion & dignity65
  • Cleanliness65
  • Activities & engagement60
  • Food quality55
  • Healthcare65
  • Management & leadership65
  • Resident happiness60
Section 02

What inspectors found

Inspected 2023-07-04

  • Is this home safe?

    Not yet rated
    The Safe domain was rated Good at the October 2025 assessment. The published summary does not include specific detail about staffing ratios, medicines management, falls data, or how the home learns from incidents. The home is registered for 33 residents, all of whom may be living with dementia or age-related frailty, which makes safety systems particularly important. Prior to this assessment the home had been rated Inadequate overall, so this Good rating represents a confirmed improvement. No specific concerns were raised in the published findings.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the care effective?

    Not yet rated
    The Effective domain was rated Good at the October 2025 assessment. This domain covers staff training, care planning, access to healthcare, and food quality. The published summary does not include specific examples of care plans, details of dementia training programmes, records of GP access arrangements, or observations of mealtimes. The home's dementia specialism is confirmed by its registration, but the published text does not describe how that specialism is implemented in daily practice.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is this home caring?

    Not yet rated
    The Caring domain was rated Good at the October 2025 assessment. This domain covers staff warmth, dignity, respect, and how well the home supports residents' independence. The published summary contains no direct quotes from residents or relatives and no recorded inspector observations of staff interactions. A Good rating in Caring means inspectors were satisfied with the standard of care they observed, but the level of detail available here is limited.
    Verified by inspectorResident testimony recorded
  • Is the home responsive?

    Not yet rated
    The Responsive domain was rated Good at the October 2025 assessment. This domain covers activities, individual engagement, response to complaints, and end-of-life care. The published summary contains no specific examples of activities offered, no description of how individual preferences shape daily life, and no information about one-to-one engagement for residents who cannot join group activities. The home's dementia specialism means that tailored, individual engagement is particularly important.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the home well-led?

    Not yet rated
    The Well-led domain was rated Good at the October 2025 assessment. A named registered manager, Kerry Louise Jordan, is confirmed as in post. The nominated individual is Mr Shabir Ahmed. The published summary provides no specific detail about management visibility, governance processes, how the home learns from complaints or incidents, or staff culture. The home's history, declining from Good to Inadequate and then recovering to Good, makes the quality and stability of leadership particularly important to understand.
    Verified by inspector
  • Source: CQC inspection report →

    Section 03

    What the evidence base says

    The home specialises in dementia care alongside general support for adults over 65. This combination means staff work with residents who have varying care needs. Supporting someone with dementia requires patience and understanding of how the condition affects daily life. The home's dementia care approach aims to maintain residents' comfort and dignity as their needs change. All areas worth probing directly during a visit.

The DCC Verdict

Our editorial view, built from the three lenses: what families tell us, what inspectors record, and how the home sits against good dementia-care practice.

68/ 100

DCC Family Score

Morley Manor has recovered to a Good rating across all five inspection domains in its October 2025 assessment, but the published report provides limited specific detail, observations, or testimony to push scores higher. Scores reflect confirmed Good ratings rather than rich supporting evidence.

Homes in Yorkshire & Humberside typically score 68–82.

The three-lens summary

Lens 01

What families tell us

Some families describe feeling welcomed by approachable staff who work to help new residents settle in. The transition to care can be challenging, but when residents adjust well in their first weeks, it brings relief to loved ones.

Lens 02

What inspectors have recorded

Lens 03

How it sits against good practice

Visiting any care home helps families understand whether it feels right for their loved one.

DCC Recommendation

Worth a visit

Morley Manor Residential Home, on Brunswick Street in Leeds, was assessed in October 2025 and rated Good across all five inspection domains: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, and Well-led. This is a meaningful recovery for the home, which had previously been rated Inadequate overall. The home is registered for 33 residents, specialises in dementia care for adults over 65, and has a named registered manager in post. The honest limitation of this report is that the published inspection summary contains very little specific detail: no direct quotes from residents or relatives, no recorded observations of staff interactions, and no data on staffing ratios, activity provision, or food quality. A Good rating is a positive signal, but it tells you the home met the standard, not how warmly or how consistently. Before you decide, visit at different times of day, ask to see last week's actual staffing rota and activity register, and find out how night staffing is arranged for 33 residents. The home's history of a decline to Inadequate makes it worth asking the manager directly what changed and what is now in place to sustain the improvement.

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In Their Own Words

How Morley Manor describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.

What Morley Manor says about itself

Finding the right dementia care in Leeds requires careful consideration

Residential home in Leeds: True Peace of Mind

Choosing dementia care involves weighing many factors, and Morley Manor Residential Home in Leeds offers specialised support for those over 65. The home focuses on creating a welcoming environment where residents can feel comfortable. Families considering care options will want to visit and see how the home operates day-to-day.

Care & specialisms

Who they care for

    The home specialises in dementia care alongside general support for adults over 65. This combination means staff work with residents who have varying care needs.

    How they describe their dementia care

    Supporting someone with dementia requires patience and understanding of how the condition affects daily life. The home's dementia care approach aims to maintain residents' comfort and dignity as their needs change.

    “Visiting any care home helps families understand whether it feels right for their loved one.”

    DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.

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