Care home · Nottingham
Care @ Rainbow's End
Typical fee here £1,130–£1,380 a week Estimate
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- Bosworth Farm, Main Street, Shelford, Nottingham, NG12 1EE
- Run by
- Care @ Rainbow's End Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 5 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Alfie Dillon Whyles
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2008 (18 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06541762)
- Last CQC check
- 20 May 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Burton Joyce: Care homes in Burton Joyce (5) · Care homes for learning disability care in Burton Joyce · Care homes for care for adults under 65 in Burton Joyce
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-113566281
About this home
Care @ Rainbow's End in Nottingham is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Care @ Rainbow's End Limited. The service is registered to support adults under 65 and lists learning disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (May 2024). It is one of 5 CQC-registered care homes in and around Burton Joyce; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from November 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2016–2024), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 16 May 2024.
Specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
What it may cost
We estimate Care @ Rainbow's End at £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
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Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe75% score203 of 254 in Nottinghamshire
- Effective75% score213 of 254 in Nottinghamshire
- Caring62% score224 of 254 in Nottinghamshire
- Responsive61% score218 of 254 in Nottinghamshire
- Well-led75% score185 of 254 in Nottinghamshire
CQC key question ratings, published 20 May 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Nottinghamshire share it.
The local picture
There are 14 other care homes within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is The Old Orchard Care Home, 1.4 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (8 of the nearest 25).
11 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Newton ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB.
Few everyday amenities are within a short walk, so visitors will mostly come by car; the nearest bus stop is under 0.5 miles away.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 184 of the 253 other care homes in Nottinghamshire that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Safe at 75% and its lowest is Responsive at 61%, averaging 70% overall.
Scores behind the rating
Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Care @ Rainbow's End scores 70%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 62%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement1 · Significant shortfalls
Responsive 61%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity1 · Significant shortfalls
- Providing Information1 · Significant shortfalls
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 5 April 2024, published 20 May 2024 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Ratings over time
- Apr 2016
- Dec 2018
- Feb 2022
- Jul 2022
- Dec 2022
- May 2024
- May 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 16 May 2024
- CQC inspection report 9 December 2022
- CQC inspection report 20 July 2022
- CQC inspection report 3 February 2022
- CQC inspection report 5 December 2018
- CQC inspection report 16 April 2016
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 6 November 2024 by Rushcliffe. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Care @ Rainbow's End"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Newton
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newark
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Smaller rural: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NG12 (12)
Larger map · Directions · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Local amenities
- Bus stop 20 m (1 min walk) · 3 stops within 600 m
- Place of worship St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, 200 m (3 min walk)
Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
Key points from CQC's visit
- Care @ Rainbow's End was last rated Inadequate (published 18 July 2023).
- During this assessment we found the service had improved.
- This was an unannounced assessment, which means the provider was not told an assessment was going to be starting beforehand.
- Relatives told us staff knew people well and they understood their needs.
Inspected 25 May 2023; report published 16 May 2024. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who runs it
Care @ Rainbow's End is run by Care @ Rainbow`s End Limited (company 06541762), incorporated in 2008, 2 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.
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Care @ Rainbow's End in local context
- Rated Good. Across Nottinghamshire, 84% of the 254 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 24 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2024) is more recent than 64% of care home ratings in Nottinghamshire.
- With 5 beds it is smaller than 89% of care homes in Nottinghamshire, where the typical home has 25.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Nottinghamshire lists 4.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Nottinghamshire, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Questions about Care @ Rainbow's End
- How did Care @ Rainbow's End score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- What are Care @ Rainbow's End's fees?
- Care @ Rainbow's End's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Which provider runs Care @ Rainbow's End?
- Care @ Rainbow's End is run by Care @ Rainbow's End Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How big is Care @ Rainbow's End?
- Care @ Rainbow's End can take up to 5 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- When did CQC last rate Care @ Rainbow's End?
- The rating now shown was published on 20 May 2024, 2 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Can Care @ Rainbow's End care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- Is Care @ Rainbow's End registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Care @ Rainbow's End as a care home, location ID 1-113566281 and was rated Good overall in May 2024.
- What is Care @ Rainbow's End's address?
- It is at Bosworth Farm, Main Street, Shelford, Nottingham, NG12 1EE.
- What services is Care @ Rainbow's End registered for?
- Registration for Care @ Rainbow's End covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
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