Care home · Kingswinford
Highfield Residential Home
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- Highfield, Stream Road, Kingswinford, DY6 9PB
- Run by
- Ava Care Group Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 20 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- September 2025 (1 year)
- Registered manager
- Saqib Akhlaq Choudhary
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2024 (1 year), accounts up to date (Companies House 16091295)
- Last CQC check
- 10 May 2018
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,210–£1,470 a week for residential 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
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-23098180375
An overview of Highfield Residential Home
Highfield Residential Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Kingswinford, run by Ava Care Group Ltd. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (May 2018). It is one of 18 CQC-registered care homes in and around Kingswinford; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe58 of 83 in Dudley
- Effective65 of 83 in Dudley
- Caring74 of 83 in Dudley
- Responsive74 of 83 in Dudley
- Well-led55 of 83 in Dudley
As rated by CQC, published 10 May 2018. Under each rating: how many care homes in Dudley share it.
The company behind Highfield Residential Home
Highfield Residential Home is run by Ava Care Group Ltd (company 16091295), incorporated in 2024.
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 nursing care.
Rating history
- Aug 2015
- Sep 2016
- May 2018
- Today Rating 8 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 23 March 2026 by Dudley. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Highfield Residential Home ltd"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Wordsley North
- Parliamentary constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in DY6 (6)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 120 m (2 min walk) · 22 stops within 600 m
- Pharmacy 800 m (10 min walk)
- Shop Tesco Express, 320 m (4 min walk)
- Park 310 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship 550 m (7 min walk)
- Library Kingswinford Library, 950 m (12 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 local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Hillcroft Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
Every one of the 25 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.
It sits in Wordsley North ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Black Country ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (10 min), a shop (4 min), a park (4 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What it may cost
We estimate Highfield Residential Home at £1,210–£1,470 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £63k–£76k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
Dudley Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
How long it has been running
Registered in September 2025, it has 1 year on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2018), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
The rating is 8 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
Note that a different provider ran the service when it was rated; the current one has not been inspected here so far.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Highfield Residential Home: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 54 of the 82 other care homes in Dudley that CQC has rated.
Family reviews
There are no reviews of Highfield Residential Home yet. If you know the service, your experience could help someone else.
We check every review against a working email address and publish positive and negative ones alike; providers can reply but cannot remove them. Reviews are separate from CQC ratings. How reviews work.
How Highfield Residential Home compares
- Rated Good. Across Dudley, 71% of the 83 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2018) is more recent than 0% of care home ratings in Dudley.
- With 20 beds it is smaller than 54% of care homes in Dudley, where the typical home has 22.
- Registered with CQC in 2025, it is one of the newest care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Dudley lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Dudley as at Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
Other care homes near Kingswinford with recent ratings
- New Bradley HallAug 2026
- Oaklands Care HomeJul 2026
- Bromley PlaceApr 2026
Highfield Residential Home: common questions
- Who is the registered provider for Highfield Residential Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is Ava Care Group Ltd.
- How big is Highfield Residential Home?
- Highfield Residential Home has 20 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How did Highfield Residential Home 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 sections most worth your time.
- What are Highfield Residential Home's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Highfield Residential Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Highfield Residential Home registered with CQC?
- Yes. Highfield Residential Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-23098180375) and was rated Good overall in May 2018.
- What is Highfield Residential Home's address?
- It is at Highfield, Stream Road, Kingswinford, DY6 9PB.
- What kind of care can Highfield Residential Home offer?
- Highfield Residential Home is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- How recent is Highfield Residential Home's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 10 May 2018, 8 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Highfield Residential Home registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
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