Care home · Cleckheaton
Birch Park Care Home
Top rated 2026 · one of the services in Kirklees rated Outstanding by CQC
Illustrative photo, not of Birch Park Care Home- Address
- Serpentine Road, Cleckheaton, BD19 3HU
- Run by
- Bondcare (Darrington) Limited (5 services)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 86 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- November 2019 (6 years)
- Part of
- Bondcare
- Registered manager
- Jacqueline Anne Foxton
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2019 (7 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 11939669)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Jun 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,720 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-7527933367
An overview of Birch Park Care Home
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Birch Park Care Home is based in Cleckheaton, run by Bondcare (Darrington) Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Outstanding overall (June 2025). It is one of 4 CQC-registered care homes in and around Cleckheaton; 3 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What the ratings tell you
Area by area, Caring and Responsive are rated Outstanding; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Kirklees, 6 of 122 rated care homes are Outstanding for Caring (5%), while 6 of 122 rated care homes are Outstanding for Responsive (5%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 100% and its lowest is Effective at 83%, averaging 88% overall.
The report's Caring and Responsive section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.
CQC's scores in detail
Each area below is made up of several quality statements, each scored 1 to 4 by CQC; the percentage combines those scores for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Birch Park Care Home scores 88%.
Safe 84%
- Learning culture4 · Exceptional
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions4 · Exceptional
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments4 · Exceptional
- Safe and effective staffing4 · Exceptional
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 83%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment4 · Exceptional
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes4 · Exceptional
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 100%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity4 · Exceptional
- Treating people as individuals4 · Exceptional
- Independence, choice and control4 · Exceptional
- Responding to people’s immediate needs4 · Exceptional
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement4 · Exceptional
Responsive 89%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people4 · Exceptional
- Equity in access4 · Exceptional
- Equity in experiences and outcomes4 · Exceptional
- Planning for the future4 · Exceptional
Well-led 86%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders4 · Exceptional
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion4 · Exceptional
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation4 · Exceptional
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 28 February 2025, published 18 June 2025, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Past CQC ratings
- Mar 2022
- Jun 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 10 March 2022
Where it is
- Ward
- Cleckheaton
- Council
- Kirklees Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Spen Valley
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BD19 (5)
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Close by
- Bus stop 90 m (1 min walk) · 30 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Cleckheaton Group Practice, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Rowlands Pharmacy, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Tesco, 80 m (1 min walk)
- Park Savoy Square, 160 m (2 min walk)
- Café Eve's Cafe, 400 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Central Methodist Church, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Library Cleckheaton Library, 510 m (6 min walk)
Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Likely fees
We estimate Birch Park Care Home at £1,400–£1,720 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.
Where a resident needs nursing, the NHS pays part of the fee straight to the home as NHS-funded nursing care, regardless of who pays the rest.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Kirklees Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Ownership and company checks
Birch Park Care Home is run by Bondcare (darrington) Limited (company 11939669), incorporated in 2019.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Bondcare (Darrington) Limited runs 5 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 5 of the 5 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Kirklees.
It trades under the Bondcare brand, which covers 54 services run by 21 registered providers.
Around Cleckheaton
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Ashcroft Nursing Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (7 of the nearest 25).
6 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Cleckheaton ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS West Yorkshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (1 min), a park (2 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The five key questions
- Safe84% score94 of 122 in Kirklees
- Effective83% score106 of 122 in Kirklees
- Caring100% score6 of 122 in Kirklees
- Responsive89% score6 of 122 in Kirklees
- Well-led86% score87 of 122 in Kirklees
As rated by CQC, published 18 June 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Kirklees share it; for example, 6 of 122 care homes in Kirklees rated Outstanding for Caring.
What inspectors found
- People received exceptionally good care from highly skilled staff who were very responsive to their individualised care needs which staff had identified through comprehensive assessment to plan the right care for them.
- Care was based on excellent practice and reflected national guidelines.
- The provider had an open culture responsive to learning lessons, and a very strong focus on driving quality and improving people’s experience of care.
- The outcomes for people receiving care and support were exceptional and we received extremely positive feedback from people and relatives about the care provided.
Inspected 24 February 2022; report published 10 March 2022. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Who the service is registered for
Registration details from CQC.
Birch Park Care Home over the years
Birch Park Care Home has been registered with CQC since November 2019, about 6 years.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2022–2025), starting at Inspected but not rated; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Outstanding.
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Quick answers about Birch Park Care Home
- When did CQC last rate Birch Park Care Home?
- The latest rating is dated 18 June 2025, 1 year ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Does Birch Park Care Home support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- Is Birch Park Care Home a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-7527933367 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Outstanding overall in June 2025.
- Where is Birch Park Care Home?
- It is at Serpentine Road, Cleckheaton, BD19 3HU.
- What services is Birch Park Care Home registered for?
- Birch Park Care Home is registered with CQC for: nursing homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- How is Birch Park Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Outstanding; Responsive: Outstanding; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How much does Birch Park Care Home charge?
- Birch Park Care Home hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,115 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Which provider runs Birch Park Care Home?
- Bondcare (Darrington) Limited is the registered provider for Birch Park Care Home.
- How many residents can Birch Park Care Home take?
- Birch Park Care Home is registered for up to 86 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.