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What the CQC found at The Headington Care Home

Requires improvementpublished 24 June 2026, 3 months ago

Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the home was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.

The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for The Headington Care Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of The Headington Care Home

3 rated inspections over 3 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. January 2021Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  2. September 2019Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  3. April 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  4. March 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. April 2025

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 25 April 2025.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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