Ashgrove House Care Home
At a Glance
The information you need to decide whether this home warrants a closer look.
Residential homes
Staff warmth score
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Good to know
- Registered beds30
- SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Caring for adults under 65 yrs, Dementia, Mental health conditions, Physical disabilities, Sensory impairment
- Last inspected2018-11-27
The Evidence
What the review data, the inspection reports, and the dementia-care evidence base tell us about this home.
What families say
Some families describe the staff here as caring and patient. There's a sense that the team brings both kindness and professional experience to their work, with people noting how supportive staff can be.
The eight family priority themes
- Staff warmth72
- Compassion & dignity72
- Cleanliness70
- Activities & engagement60
- Food quality58
- Healthcare65
- Management & leadership75
- Resident happiness70
What inspectors found
Inspected 2018-11-27
Is this home safe?
Is the care effective?
The Effective domain is rated Good, covering training, care planning, healthcare access, and nutrition. The home lists dementia as a specialism, which implies a commitment to dementia-specific training and care approaches. A Good Effective rating means inspectors found that staff have the knowledge and tools to deliver care that makes a difference to health outcomes. The available summary does not provide detail about training content, GP access arrangements, or how mealtimes are managed.Is this home caring?
The Caring domain is rated Good. This domain covers staff warmth, dignity, privacy, and whether residents feel respected and treated as individuals. A Good rating here means inspectors were satisfied with the quality of human interactions they observed and that staff treat people with consideration. No direct quotes from residents or relatives are included in the available summary, which limits what can be confirmed with specificity.Is the home responsive?
The Responsive domain is rated Good, covering activities, engagement, individuality, and end-of-life care. For a home with a dementia specialism, Responsive is particularly important because it reflects whether the home treats each person as an individual with preferences and history, not just a diagnosis. A Good rating indicates inspectors found this to be the case. No detail about specific activities, one-to-one engagement, or end-of-life planning is available from the summary.Is the home well-led?
The Well-led domain is rated Good, and the home is led by registered manager Miss Kelly Appleyard, with Mrs Tracey Holroyd as nominated individual. The improvement from a previous Requires Improvement rating across the whole home is a strong indicator that leadership has been effective in identifying and addressing past shortfalls. A Well-led Good rating means inspectors found governance, accountability, and culture to be sound. No detail about manager tenure, staff satisfaction, or specific quality improvement measures is available from the summary.
Source: CQC inspection report →
What the evidence base says
The home specialises in supporting people with sensory impairments, physical disabilities and mental health conditions. They're equipped to care for adults of all ages, from those under 65 through to older residents. For those living with dementia, Ashgrove House offers specialist support. The team has experience caring for people at different stages of their dementia journey. 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.
DCC Family Score
Ashgrove House scores solidly across the themes that matter most to families, reflecting a home that has genuinely improved from a previous Requires Improvement rating. However, the inspection report provides limited specific detail in several key areas, which means scores reflect confirmed improvement rather than richly evidenced excellence.
Homes in Yorkshire & Humberside typically score 68–82.The three-lens summary
What families tell us
Some families describe the staff here as caring and patient. There's a sense that the team brings both kindness and professional experience to their work, with people noting how supportive staff can be.
What inspectors have recorded
How it sits against good practice
With such varied specialist services, it's worth visiting Ashgrove House to see if it could be the right fit for your loved one's specific needs.
Worth a visit
Ashgrove House on Manygates Lane in Wakefield is rated Good across all five inspection domains, based on an inspection carried out in January 2022 and a monitoring review in July 2023 that found no reason to change that rating. Importantly, this is an improved home: a previous inspection found it Requires Improvement, and the current leadership team, registered manager Miss Kelly Appleyard and nominated individual Mrs Tracey Holroyd, has overseen a genuine turnaround. For a 30-bed home caring for people with dementia, mental health conditions, physical disabilities, and sensory impairments, a clean sweep of Good ratings is a meaningful achievement. The main uncertainty here is transparency of detail. The publicly available inspection summary for this home is thin, and while Good ratings are genuinely positive, families deserve specifics. The inspection was conducted in November 2018 as the last full published report, with a more recent 2022 inspection available whose detailed findings are not fully reproduced here. On your visit, ask about night staffing numbers, how staff are trained to respond to distress in people with dementia, and what one-to-one activity looks like for residents who cannot join group sessions. These are the questions that will tell you whether the Good rating reflects the daily experience your parent would have.
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In Their Own Words
How Ashgrove House Care Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Specialist care for complex needs in Wakefield
Dedicated residential home Support in Wakefield
When someone you love needs specialist support, finding the right place matters. Ashgrove House in Wakefield provides care for people with a range of complex needs, including dementia and mental health conditions. The home welcomes both younger adults and those over 65, offering support for physical disabilities and sensory impairments too.
Who they care for
The home specialises in supporting people with sensory impairments, physical disabilities and mental health conditions. They're equipped to care for adults of all ages, from those under 65 through to older residents.
For those living with dementia, Ashgrove House offers specialist support. The team has experience caring for people at different stages of their dementia journey.
“With such varied specialist services, it's worth visiting Ashgrove House to see if it could be the right fit for your loved one's specific needs.”
DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.
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.
DCC Family Score
Ashgrove House scores solidly across the themes that matter most to families, reflecting a home that has genuinely improved from a previous Requires Improvement rating. However, the inspection report provides limited specific detail in several key areas, which means scores reflect confirmed improvement rather than richly evidenced excellence.
Homes in Yorkshire & Humberside typically score 68–82.The three-lens summary
What families tell us
Some families describe the staff here as caring and patient. There's a sense that the team brings both kindness and professional experience to their work, with people noting how supportive staff can be.
What inspectors have recorded
How it sits against good practice
With such varied specialist services, it's worth visiting Ashgrove House to see if it could be the right fit for your loved one's specific needs.
Worth a visit
Ashgrove House on Manygates Lane in Wakefield is rated Good across all five inspection domains, based on an inspection carried out in January 2022 and a monitoring review in July 2023 that found no reason to change that rating. Importantly, this is an improved home: a previous inspection found it Requires Improvement, and the current leadership team, registered manager Miss Kelly Appleyard and nominated individual Mrs Tracey Holroyd, has overseen a genuine turnaround. For a 30-bed home caring for people with dementia, mental health conditions, physical disabilities, and sensory impairments, a clean sweep of Good ratings is a meaningful achievement. The main uncertainty here is transparency of detail. The publicly available inspection summary for this home is thin, and while Good ratings are genuinely positive, families deserve specifics. The inspection was conducted in November 2018 as the last full published report, with a more recent 2022 inspection available whose detailed findings are not fully reproduced here. On your visit, ask about night staffing numbers, how staff are trained to respond to distress in people with dementia, and what one-to-one activity looks like for residents who cannot join group sessions. These are the questions that will tell you whether the Good rating reflects the daily experience your parent would have.
The three questions to ask when you visitSave this home. Compare it against your shortlist.
Let our analysis show you how Ashgrove House Care Home measures up against the other homes you’re considering. Free account.
In Their Own Words
How Ashgrove House Care Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Specialist care for complex needs in Wakefield
Dedicated residential home Support in Wakefield
When someone you love needs specialist support, finding the right place matters. Ashgrove House in Wakefield provides care for people with a range of complex needs, including dementia and mental health conditions. The home welcomes both younger adults and those over 65, offering support for physical disabilities and sensory impairments too.
Who they care for
The home specialises in supporting people with sensory impairments, physical disabilities and mental health conditions. They're equipped to care for adults of all ages, from those under 65 through to older residents.
For those living with dementia, Ashgrove House offers specialist support. The team has experience caring for people at different stages of their dementia journey.
“With such varied specialist services, it's worth visiting Ashgrove House to see if it could be the right fit for your loved one's specific needs.”
DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.
