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Kingdom HouseRotherham

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Rated:GoodResidential

Kingdom House

Woodhouse Mill, 461 Retford Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S13 9WB
01142880696
Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

5 August 2025

Provider

Lifeways Community Care Limited

Beds

8 beds

Rating history

  1. GoodApr 2015
  2. GoodJan 2016
  3. Requires ImprovementMar 2017
  4. GoodMay 2018
  5. Requires ImprovementJun 2022
  6. GoodSept 2025

Improved from Requires Improvement to Good in 2025. CQC has rated this home 6 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 Lifeways Community Care Limited, which runs 19 care homes in England: 14 rated Good and 5 Requires Improvement.

  • 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 Kingdom House

Kingdom House is a residential care home in Rotherham, providing support for people with a learning disability and autistic people. Details of the most recent CQC findings are set out below.

Kingdom House is a residential care home providing support for up to 8 people with a learning disability and autistic people. At the time of the CQC's assessment, 5 people were living there. The service is now rated good overall, an improvement following earlier concerns.

Inspectors found people felt safe and happy, with staff supporting them to make choices and pursue interests. Care planning and food safety systems had improved, though records of day-to-day welfare and cleaning audits still needed further work. Some relatives raised concerns about staffing levels affecting activities at weekends, and about newer staff needing more training.

Source: CQC assessment, 23 September 2025

Specialist Care

Learning 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.

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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
8 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · S13 9WB

Registered care categories

Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Learning 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: Good.

Assessment published 23 September 2025. Assessment date recorded: 5 August 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 23 September 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of Assessment: 19 August to 10 September 2025.

The service is a residential care home providing support for up to 8 people who have a learning disability and autistic people. At the time of the assessment there were 5 people using the service.

We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities most people take for granted.

We undertook this assessment to assess the key questions of Effective and Well-led as these key questions were rated requires improvement. At this assessment we found improvements had been made. We rated the service as good in both key questions.

The manager had left recently. The area manager was providing support to the deputy manager in the day to day management of the service, spending 3 days at the home each week. The area manager told us a new manager had been recruited and would come into post when all the provider’s pre-employment checks had been completed.

There was improved consistency in people’s assessments, plans and records as these had been transferred to an electronic format. However, there remained room to improve the day to day recording of people’s welfare and the support offered to them. Improvements had been embedded in the allocation and audit of cleaning tasks, although there remained room for further improvement. There was an improved food safety system.

Staff provided information in a way which people could understand and this helped to make sure people were involved in decisions about their care. There was a positive culture where equality and diversity were encouraged and respected.

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

Read Kingdom House'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 Kingdom House, consider asking...

  1. 1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
  2. 2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
  3. 3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
  4. 4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
  5. 5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Kingdom House, look out for...

  1. 1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
  2. 2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
  3. 3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
  4. 4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
  5. 5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?

Could the NHS fund Kingdom House'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

Woodhouse Mill, 461 Retford Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S13 9WB

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Kingdom House

CQC overall rating

Good

Assessment date: 5 August 2025

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