The Avenue Nursing Home

The Avenue, Clayton, Bradford, BD14 6FH

01274586419

Care Type

Nursing Care

Assessment date

31 March 2025

Provider

The Avenue Care Home (Bradford) Limited

Beds

64 beds

About The Avenue Nursing Home

The Avenue Nursing Home is a nursing home in Bradford, providing nursing and personal care to people including those living with dementia. Further details on the findings of its most recent CQC inspection are set out below.

The Avenue Nursing Home provides nursing and personal care for up to 57 people, including those living with dementia. The CQC found the service was performing well overall, with medicines managed safely, staff who knew people well, and a good range of regular activities on offer. Staff were recruited and trained appropriately, giving people confidence in their care.

Previously rated requires improvement due to a breach around medicines management, the home has since made improvements and is no longer in breach. People and relatives spoke positively about staff attentiveness and understanding of dementia care, and families were free to visit whenever they wished.

Source: CQC assessment, 22 June 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

Photographs of the home

Practical details from the provider

Facilities include a cinema room and hairdressing salon.
The rear garden is accessible from the ground-floor lounge and includes raised fish ponds and a patio.

Published on the provider's website, checked 2 October 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 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service with nursing
Registered capacity: 64 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · BD14 6FH

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; 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: Good.

Assessment published 22 June 2025. Assessment date recorded: 31 March 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 22 June 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

This assessment took place between 1 April 2025 and 28 April 2025. The Avenue Nursing Home is a 'care home'. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises, and the care provided, and both were looked at during this assessment. The service was providing regulated activity to 57 people at the time of the assessment.
Medicines were managed safely. Staff knew the people they supported well and ensured care provided was safe. Staff were recruited safely and trained to ensure they had the necessary skills. People were offered choice and there was a variety of activities offered regularly.
The last rating for this service was requires improvement and there was a breach of regulation regarding medicine management. At this assessment we found the provider had made some improvements and was no longer in breach of regulation.

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

Read The Avenue Nursing 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 The Avenue Nursing Home, 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 The Avenue Nursing Home, 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 The Avenue Nursing 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.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees