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Exterior at Ashby Lodge Residential Home
Photo: Mauricare. Used with permission.
Rated:Requires ImprovementResidential

Ashby Lodge Residential Home

667 Leeds Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2LU
01924828997
Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

18 August 2025

Provider

Mauricare Limited

Beds

22 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 40 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 31 are rated higher by CQC, 7 are the same and 2 are lower.

10 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 22 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

  1. GoodFeb 2015
  2. Requires ImprovementJul 2017
  3. GoodAug 2018
  4. Requires ImprovementOct 2025

Rating dropped from Good to Requires Improvement in 2025. CQC has rated this home 4 times since 2015.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Mauricare Limited, which runs 7 care homes in England: 3 rated Good and 4 Requires Improvement.

Average care home fees in Yorkshire and the Humber: £907 a week for residential care and £1,287 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

  • This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
  • How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Ashby Lodge Residential Home

Ashby Lodge Residential Home is a residential care home in Wakefield, offering care for older people, including those living with dementia. The CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Ashby Lodge Residential Home provides residential care for up to 21 older people, including those living with dementia. The CQC carried out a responsive assessment after concerns were raised, and rated the service Requires Improvement overall. Inspectors found governance systems were not effective, incidents were not thoroughly investigated, and staff supervisions and some key records were lacking, though a newly appointed manager had begun addressing these issues.

Despite this, people and relatives gave consistently positive feedback, saying they felt safe and well cared for. Staff were found to be caring, patient and knowledgeable, offering good activities and supporting people's independence, choice and dignity throughout their care.

Source: CQC assessment, 1 October 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder people

Photographs of the home

Exterior at Ashby Lodge Residential Home
Exterior at Ashby Lodge Residential Home. Photograph from the provider’s website.Photo: Mauricare. Used with permission.

Practical details from the provider

  • The home has private, secure gardens.
  • Residents may bring personal items or small pieces of furniture to personalise their rooms.

Published on the provider's website, checked 20 September 2026. Confirm arrangements with the home before deciding.

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service
Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity
22 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · WF1 2LU

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Dementia; Mental health conditions.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires Improvement.

Assessment published 1 October 2025. Assessment date recorded: 18 August 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 1 October 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of Assessment: 26 August to 10 September 2025. The assessment was a responsive assessment due to concerns received about the service. Ashby Lodge is a residential care home providing support to older people and people living with dementia. The service can accommodate up to 21 people, at the time of our assessment 20 people were living at the service. We found a breach around good governance; we found systems and processes were not established and operated effectively to monitor and improve the quality and safety to the services provided in the carrying on of the registered activity. We found the service did not investigate incidents thoroughly. Staff did not have regular supervisions, meetings or appraisals. During our assessment, documents were not available for us to review. We also found some of the records we requested had been put in place recently, such as safeguarding log, cleaning schedules, some maintenance checks at the service and complaints log. However, these concerns had been identified and the recently appointed registered manager had completed an action plan and started to address the concerns. There were enough staff with the right skills, qualifications and experience. Managers made sure staff received training. The provider promoted people’s independence, people were encouraged to be independent and supported with tasks where they needed help to maintain and improve independence. People were offered choice and treated with dignity and respect; and involved as partners in their care.

Safe
Requires Improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires Improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

  • Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
  • Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Ashby Lodge Residential Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Ashby Lodge Residential Home, consider asking...

  1. 1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
  2. 2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
  3. 3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
  4. 4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
  5. 5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Ashby Lodge Residential Home, look out for...

  1. 1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
  2. 2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
  3. 3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
  4. 4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
  5. 5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Ashby Lodge Residential Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Location

667 Leeds Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2LU

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Ashby Lodge Residential Home

CQC overall rating

Requires Improvement

Assessment date: 18 August 2025

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