Care home · St Austell

Bos Y'n Dre

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 5 May 2026 Rated in the last 12 months
A carer serving tea to residents in a care home lounge Illustrative photo, not of Bos Y'n Dre
Address
76 Bodmin Road, St Austell, PL25 5AG
Run by
Bos Y'n Dre
Type of provider
Independent (partnership)
Service
Residential care home
Beds
4 (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
March 2011 (15 years)
Registered manager
Lisa Roseveare
Last CQC check
5 May 2026
Typical fees Estimated
£1,300–£1,590 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 St Austell: Care homes in St Austell (17) · Best rated care homes in St Austell · Care homes for learning disability care in St Austell

Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-187694246

Introducing Bos Y'n Dre

Bos Y'n Dre in St Austell is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home. Its registered specialisms include learning disabilities.

CQC rated it Good overall (May 2026). It is one of 17 CQC-registered care homes in and around St Austell; 14 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Percentage scores by area

CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Bos Y'n Dre scores 73%.

Safe Good 72%
  • Learning culture3 · Good
  • Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
  • Safeguarding3 · Good
  • Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
  • Safe environments3 · Good
  • Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
  • Infection prevention and control3 · Good
  • Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective Good 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 Good 70%
  • 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 enablement2 · Some shortfalls
Responsive Good 75%
  • Person-centred Care3 · Good
  • Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
  • Providing Information3 · Good
  • Listening to and involving people3 · Good
  • Equity in access3 · Good
  • Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
  • Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led Good 71%
  • 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 innovation2 · Some shortfalls

How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 10 March 2026, published 5 May 2026 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.

Rating history

  1. Oct 2015 Good
  2. Feb 2018 Requires improvement
  3. Feb 2019 Good
  4. May 2026 Good
  5. Today Rated in the last 12 months

Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.

Reports on the CQC website

Where it is

Ward
Penwithick & Boscoppa
Parliamentary constituency
St Austell and Newquay
Integrated care board
NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
Type of area
Smaller rural · further from a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in PL25 (14)

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Within walking distance

  • Railway station St Austell, 650 m (8 min walk)
  • GP surgery Cornwall Skin Clinic, 570 m (7 min walk)
  • Pharmacy Boots, 620 m (8 min walk)
  • Shop Co-op Food, 710 m (9 min walk)
  • Park 470 m (6 min walk)
  • Café Smorgers Bar & Bistro, 590 m (7 min walk)
  • Place of worship St John's Church, 430 m (5 min walk)
  • Library St Austell Library, 890 m (11 min walk)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.

Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).

The five key questions

  • SafeGood72% score161 of 193 in Cornwall
  • EffectiveGood75% score170 of 193 in Cornwall
  • CaringGood70% score180 of 193 in Cornwall
  • ResponsiveGood75% score176 of 193 in Cornwall
  • Well-ledGood71% score142 of 193 in Cornwall

Source: CQC, published 5 May 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Cornwall share it.

What the ratings tell you

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Bos Y'n Dre: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 141 of the 192 other care homes in Cornwall that CQC has rated.

Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 75% and its lowest is Caring at 70%, averaging 73% overall.

Registered specialisms

Registration details from CQC.

Budgeting for this home

We estimate Bos Y'n Dre at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.

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With savings below £23,250, Cornwall Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.

How it fits locally

There are 17 other care homes within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Beech Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.

1 of the 24 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Penwithick & Boscoppa ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (further from a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (7 min), a pharmacy (8 min), a shop (9 min), a park (6 min), a café (7 min) and a railway station (8 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Key points from CQC's visit

  • Bos Y'n Dre provides accommodation and personal care for up to 4 people with a learning disability and autistic people.
  • Bos Y’n Dre was a small family run service that did not employ staff and had had been supporting both individuals for over 20 years.
  • Staff knew people exceptionally well and respected their decision and choices.
  • People’s relatives were complimentary of quality of care people received and told us, “[My relative] is absolutely well looked after”.

Inspected 3 February 2019; report published 14 February 2019. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.

Ownership and company checks

Bos Y'n Dre is the only service its provider, Bos Y'n Dre, runs, so it is an independent, single-site operator rather than part of a chain.

History with CQC

CQC registration dates from March 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.

CQC lists 5 reports for this location, the latest dated 14 February 2019.

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Where Bos Y'n Dre stands locally

  • Rated Good. Across Cornwall, 81% of the 193 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (May 2026) is more recent than 93% of care home ratings in Cornwall.
  • With 4 beds it is smaller than 88% of care homes in Cornwall, where the typical home has 22.
  • Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 62% of care homes in the area.
  • It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Cornwall lists 3.

All figures compare it with other care homes in Cornwall; CQC register, Oct 2026.

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Questions about Bos Y'n Dre

How many beds does Bos Y'n Dre have?
Bos Y'n Dre has 4 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
What are Bos Y'n Dre's fees?
Bos Y'n Dre's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
Where is Bos Y'n Dre?
It is at 76 Bodmin Road, St Austell, PL25 5AG.
What services is Bos Y'n Dre registered for?
Bos Y'n Dre is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
How did Bos Y'n Dre score on each CQC key question?
CQC rates five key questions. For Bos Y'n Dre: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
Can Bos Y'n Dre care for someone with dementia?
Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
Is Bos Y'n Dre a registered provider?
Yes. Bos Y'n Dre is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-187694246) and was rated Good overall in May 2026.
When was Bos Y'n Dre last inspected?
Its current CQC rating dates from 5 May 2026. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.

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