Branksome Heights

44 Branksome Wood Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH4 9LA

01202769429

Care Type

Residential & Nursing Care

Assessment date

20 August 2024

Provider

Kingsley Care Homes Limited

Beds

47 beds

About Branksome Heights

Branksome Heights is a care home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole offering both residential and nursing care, including support for people living with dementia. Full details from the latest CQC inspection are set out below.

Branksome Heights is a purpose-designed care home providing accommodation, nursing and personal care for up to 47 older people, including those living with dementia. The CQC rated the home Good overall, having looked closely at safety, caring practice and leadership.

Inspectors found people felt safe and well cared for, supported by staff who knew them well and had the right skills. There were enough staff to meet needs promptly, and people and relatives said they were fully involved in planning and reviewing care. Feedback about staff's caring approach was consistently positive.

Source: CQC assessment, 3 July 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Photographs of the home

Practical details from the provider

The provider describes en-suite bedrooms, a sensory garden and an on-site hairdressing salon.
A sun terrace overlooks the garden, with a shared lounge indoors.

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 with nursing
Registered capacity: 47 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · BH4 9LA

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

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: Good.

Assessment published 3 July 2025. Assessment date recorded: 20 August 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 3 July 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Branksome Heights is a care home. It provides care and support to older people, including people living with dementia. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as single package under one contractual agreement.
The service accommodates up to 47 people in a purpose-designed building. On the first day of our visit, there were 46 people living or staying there.
We carried out our on-site assessment on 4 and 13 September 2024 and 23 May 2025. Off site assessment activity started on 2 September 2024 and ended on 29 May 2025. We initially looked at 9 quality statements: safeguarding; involving people to manage risks; safe and effective staffing; consent to care and treatment; independence, choice and control; responding to people's immediate needs, providing information; equity in experiences and outcomes; and governance, management and sustainability. We expanded this during the inspection to a total of 21 quality statements so we could rate the safe, caring and well-led key questions, in view of the positive evidence gathered.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Good

Read Branksome Heights'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 Branksome Heights, consider asking...

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

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Branksome Heights, look out for...

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

Could the NHS fund Branksome Heights'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.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees