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Rated:Requires ImprovementResidential

Walton Manor

187 Shay Lane, Walton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 6NW
01924249777
Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

12 May 2025

Provider

Walton Manor Ltd

Beds

47 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 27 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 21 are rated higher by CQC, 5 are the same and 1 is lower.

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

Based on CQC ratings, updated 24 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

  1. Requires ImprovementFeb 2016
  2. GoodJun 2017
  3. GoodApr 2020
  4. Requires ImprovementAug 2025

Rating dropped from Good to Requires Improvement in 2025. CQC has rated this home 4 times since 2016.

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

Costs and who runs this home

This is the only care home Walton Manor Ltd runs in England.

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 Walton Manor

Walton Manor is a residential care home in Wakefield, providing accommodation and personal care primarily for older adults. Details of the most recent CQC assessment are set out below.

Walton Manor, in Wakefield, is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 47 people, most of them older adults. It was rated Requires Improvement overall by the CQC, following an assessment prompted by concerns raised about the service.

Inspectors found staffing levels were not reliably assessed against people's needs, medicines were not always managed safely, and some people were deprived of their liberty without proper authorisation. Governance systems were not robust enough to identify these issues. The CQC found four breaches of regulation, though staff interactions with residents and the activities on offer were seen positively.

Source: CQC assessment, 21 August 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilities

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
47 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · WF2 6NW

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 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: Requires Improvement.

Assessment published 21 August 2025. Assessment date recorded: 12 May 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 21 August 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment: 29 May 2025 to 30 June 2025. Walton Manor is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care to up to 47 people. At the time of our assessment, there were 42 people living at the home. This assessment was prompted by concerns we had received about the service. During the assessment we found the provider could not demonstrate that there was an effective system in place to determine the number of staff needed on shift to meet people’s needs effectively. We received feedback from relatives and staff that there was not enough staff on shift. We found people were being deprived of their liberty without appropriate authorisations in place and medicines were not managed safely. The provider did not have effective governance systems in place to monitor the quality of the service and find the concerns identified on assessment. We identified 4 breaches of legal regulation in relation to safe care and treatment, safeguarding service users from abuse and improper treatment, staffing and good governance. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment. We observed positive interactions with people and received positive feedback about the activities on offer.

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 Walton Manor'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 Walton Manor, 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 Walton Manor, 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 Walton Manor'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

187 Shay Lane, Walton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 6NW

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Walton Manor

CQC overall rating

Requires Improvement

Assessment date: 12 May 2025

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