- Care home
244 Wootton Road
Assessment report published 23 October 2026
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
Date of inspection: 01 to 20 October 2026.
244 Wootton Road is residential care home providing personal care for up to 3 people with a learning disability and/or autistic people. At the commencement of the inspection, 3 people were living at the service and receiving the regulated activity.
The provider had the service user band to support people with a learning disability and autistic people. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) use ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed autistic people and people with a learning disability respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted.
The last comprehensive inspection of the service was March to April 2026, where it was rated as requires improvement and we found the service was in breach of 1 legal regulation relating to the need for consent.
We asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at that inspection.
This inspection was a focused inspection to check if improvements had been made relating to the identified breach of regulation and other areas of concern which had been found.
We found that the service had made significant improvements and that consent had been lawfully obtained in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
The service was no longer in breach of legal regulation relating to need for consent.
We found that staff continued to be caring and supported people in a kind and considerate manner. Staff received appropriate training for their roles and worked well with healthcare professionals.
Improvements had been made to systems to monitor the running of the service.
People's experience of this service
People had the hours of support they had been assessed to need, were supported to access the community and were involved in their activity planning.
We received positive feedback from a relative about the kindness of staff, communication and being involved including, “[they] appear happy, merry and bright. Always looked well cared for,” and "I am pleased with the staff, they seem to have [them] sorted and now enjoys [their] time when [they] come to see us. All the staff seem to get on well with [them].”