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Wanderers House
Residential Care
16 November 2025
Arcare Wanderers Limited
7 beds
About Wanderers House
Wanderers House is a residential care home in Wolverhampton, providing support for adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs and physical disabilities. The findings below set out the CQC's most recent assessment of the service.
Wanderers House is a care home supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs and physical disabilities. The CQC rated the service Good overall, having assessed it against the "right support, right care, right culture" framework for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
Inspectors found care was safely delivered and based on individual assessed needs, with people protected from abuse and medicines managed properly. Staff were kind, skilled and safely recruited, and understood the Mental Capacity Act. Quality monitoring was effective, staff felt supported, and people and their relatives spoke positively about the care, environment and management.
Source: CQC assessment, 22 December 2025
Specialist Care
Fees and availability
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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 without nursing
- Registered capacity
- 7 places — this is not a vacancy count
- Registration checked
- Registered · WV2 3HL
Registered care categories
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: .
Assessment published 22 December 2025. Assessment date recorded: 16 November 2025.
Read CQC's assessment overview
The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 22 December 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.
Date of Assessment: 19 November 2025 to 21 November 2025. The service is a care home providing support to adults living with learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, mental health needs and physical disabilities. This assessment was carried out due to the age of the rating for the service.
We assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choice, independence and access to local communities that most people take for granted.
People received safe care that was based on their individual assessed needs and they and those important to them were involved with this process.
People were protected from potential abuse as procedures were in place and followed. Infection control was considered, and people were supported in a safe environment. Medicines were managed safely. The principles of the Mental Capacity Act were understood.
People were treated in a kind and caring way by staff they felt comfortable with. Staff had the skills and knowledge to support people and had been safely recruited.
There were systems in place to monitor quality of the service. There was a positive culture to the home which considered staff wellbeing. Staff felt listened to and involved with the service.
- Safe
- Effective
- Caring
- Responsive
- Well-led
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 Wanderers House, consider asking...
- 1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
- 2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
- 3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
- 4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
- 5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?
5 Things to Look For on Your Visit
When you visit Wanderers House, look out for...
- 1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
- 2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
- 3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
- 4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
- 5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?
Could the NHS fund Wanderers 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
35 Wanderers Avenue, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV2 3HL

Wanderers House
CQC overall rating
Assessment date: 16 November 2025
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