Kenmore

100 Whitecliffe Road, Cleckheaton, BD19 3DS

01274872904

Care Type

Nursing Care

Inspection date

16 January 2023

Provider

Valorum Care Limited

Beds

26 beds

Rating history

Requires ImprovementJan 2017
InadequateMar 2018
Requires ImprovementNov 2018
Requires ImprovementDec 2019
Requires ImprovementMar 2023

Improved from Inadequate to Requires Improvement in 2018. CQC has rated this home 5 times since 2017.

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

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Valorum Care Limited, which runs 23 care homes in England: 15 rated Good, 7 Requires Improvement and 1 not yet rated.

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.

NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
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 Kenmore

Kenmore is a care home in Kirklees where families can feel confident their loved ones are in a place that genuinely cares about their wellbeing. The team there understands how important it is for residents to feel at home, and that sense of familiarity and comfort sits at the heart of everything they do. For families exploring care options in the area, Kenmore offers a thoughtful, personal approach to nursing care that aims to treat each resident as an individual.

Kenmore is a care home with nursing that supports up to 26 people, though 20 were living there during inspection. It's housed in a converted older building with two ground floor extensions set around a courtyard. The service cares for people with physical disabilities, providing both personal and nursing care.

Staff generally supported people to have maximum choice and control in their lives, using the least restrictive approaches. However, inspectors found concerns about residents being encouraged to go to bed before night staff arrived. While improvements had been made to oversight of the service, some issues remained around the recording of capacity and decision-making processes.

Source: CQC inspection report, 15 March 2023

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

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: 26 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · BD19 3DS

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Learning disabilities; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities.

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.

Rating report published 15 March 2023. Latest inspection date recorded: 16 January 2023.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Good
CaringPublished 3 December 2019: Good
ResponsivePublished 3 December 2019: Requires improvement
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Responsive: How are care plans, activities and complaints adapted to each resident?
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 Kenmore'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 Kenmore, 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 Kenmore, 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 Kenmore'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