Dementia Care Home

Bosworth Court Care Home

Station Road, Market Bosworth, Warwickshire, CV13 0JP

Nursing homes

At a Glance

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

DCC Family Score
72/ 100
Weighted from family reviews
Dementia SpecialismConfirmed

Nursing homes

Families Rate The Staff72 / 100

Staff warmth score

“Well Looked After”68%

of reviewers answered yes

Good to know

  • Registered beds42
  • SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Caring for adults under 65 yrs, Dementia, Mental health conditions, Physical disabilities, Sensory impairment
  • Last inspected2021-01-21

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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

Families describe finding a comfortable, secure environment where their loved ones feel properly looked after. The home maintains a residential feel while providing the professional care needed.

The eight family priority themes

  • Staff warmth72
  • Compassion & dignity72
  • Cleanliness70
  • Activities & engagement60
  • Food quality60
  • Healthcare70
  • Management & leadership74
  • Resident happiness68
Section 02

What inspectors found

Inspected 2021-01-21

  • Is this home safe?

    Good
    The safe domain was rated Good at the December 2020 inspection. This covers staffing levels, medicines management, infection control, and how the home responds to accidents and incidents. The published summary does not include specific observations, staffing numbers, or details about how the home manages risk for people with dementia. The home had previously been rated Requires Improvement, and achieving Good suggests identified safety concerns were addressed. No further detail is available in the published text.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the care effective?

    Good
    The effective domain was rated Good at the December 2020 inspection. This domain covers care planning, staff training, access to healthcare professionals, and food and nutrition. The published text does not include any specific examples of care plan quality, dementia training content, or how the home works with GPs and other health professionals. No information about food choice or nutritional support is included. The Good rating represents the inspector's overall judgement at the time of the visit.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is this home caring?

    Good
    The caring domain was rated Good at the December 2020 inspection. This covers how staff interact with the people who live at Bosworth Court, including warmth, dignity, privacy, and respect for independence. No specific observations of staff interactions, use of preferred names, or responses to distress are included in the published text. No resident or family quotes are available. The Good rating indicates inspectors were satisfied with what they observed, but the detail behind that judgement is not available here.
    Verified by inspectorResident testimony recorded
  • Is the home responsive?

    Good
    The responsive domain was rated Good at the December 2020 inspection. This covers activities, how the home responds to individual preferences, complaints handling, and end-of-life care. The published text does not include any description of the activities programme, how individual interests are recorded or acted upon, or how the home supports people in the final stages of life. No specific examples are available. The Good rating is the inspector's overall judgement without supporting detail in the published summary.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the home well-led?

    Good
    The well-led domain was rated Good at the December 2020 inspection, and a monitoring review in July 2023 confirmed no evidence to change this. Mrs Karen Smith is the named registered manager. The published text does not describe the manager's visibility on the floor, how staff are supported to raise concerns, or what governance and audit processes are in place. The improvement from a previous Requires Improvement rating across the whole home suggests leadership addressed identified shortfalls, but the detail behind that improvement is not available.
    Verified by inspector
  • Source: CQC inspection report →

    Section 03

    What the evidence base says

    Bosworth Court provides care for people with dementia, mental health conditions, physical disabilities and sensory impairments. They support both younger adults under 65 and older residents. For residents with dementia, the caring approach of the nursing and care teams helps create a reassuring environment. Staff work to maintain residents' comfort and dignity throughout their stay. 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.

72/ 100

DCC Family Score

Bosworth Court Care Home achieved a Good rating across all five inspection domains, improving from a previous Requires Improvement rating. However, the published inspection text contains very little specific detail, so scores reflect the broad positive direction rather than confirmed individual strengths.

Homes in East Midlands typically score 68–82.

The three-lens summary

Lens 01

What families tell us

Families describe finding a comfortable, secure environment where their loved ones feel properly looked after. The home maintains a residential feel while providing the professional care needed.

Lens 02

What inspectors have recorded

The frontline care staff and nurses consistently show genuine compassion in their work. However, some families have found that management and reception staff don't always match this same level of warmth in their interactions, which can make initial conversations feel less supportive than hoped.

Lens 03

How it sits against good practice

The dedication of the care teams here makes a real difference to residents' daily lives.

DCC Recommendation

Worth a visit

Bosworth Court Care Home, on Station Road in Market Bosworth, was rated Good across all five inspection domains at its most recent inspection in December 2020. This is a meaningful improvement from a previous Requires Improvement rating, and a monitoring review carried out in July 2023 found no evidence to change the Good rating. The home is registered for 42 beds and supports people with dementia, mental health conditions, physical disabilities, and sensory impairment. Mrs Karen Smith is the named registered manager. The main limitation here is that the published inspection text contains very little specific detail. No direct observations, resident or family quotes, or examples of day-to-day care are included, which makes it genuinely difficult to assess what Good looks like in practice at this home. Before choosing Bosworth Court, visit in person and ask to see the actual staffing rota for last week, including night shifts. Ask how many permanent staff work on the dementia unit regularly, and request the last two weeks of activity records rather than a planned template. These questions will give you a much clearer picture than the inspection summary alone can provide.

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In Their Own Words

How Bosworth Court Care Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.

What Bosworth Court Care Home says about itself

Where carers bring real warmth to every interaction

Bosworth Court Care Home – Your Trusted nursing home

The care teams at Bosworth Court Care Home in Market Bosworth have earned recognition for their attentive, compassionate approach. This East Midlands home maintains high standards in both its physical environment and the quality of daily care, with staff who genuinely connect with residents.

Care & specialisms

Who they care for

    Bosworth Court provides care for people with dementia, mental health conditions, physical disabilities and sensory impairments. They support both younger adults under 65 and older residents.

    How they describe their dementia care

    For residents with dementia, the caring approach of the nursing and care teams helps create a reassuring environment. Staff work to maintain residents' comfort and dignity throughout their stay.

    “The dedication of the care teams here makes a real difference to residents' daily lives.”

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

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