Care home · Derby
Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home
Illustrative photo, not of Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home- Address
- 29 Village Street, Derby, DE23 8TA
- Run by
- Sanctuary Care Limited (83 services)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 75 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- October 2020 (6 years)
- Part of
- Sanctuary Care Limited
- Registered manager
- Donna Ann Lukoschus
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2001 (25 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04231521)
- Last CQC check
- 3 Sep 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,390–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-9635861945
Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home at a glance
Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Derby, run by Sanctuary Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (September 2025). It is one of 65 CQC-registered care homes in and around Derby; 44 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Likely fees
We estimate Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home at £1,390–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £72k–£88k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
With savings below £23,250, Derby Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
The company behind Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home
Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home is run by Sanctuary Care Limited (company 04231521), incorporated in 2001, 19 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 6 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Sanctuary Care Limited runs 83 CQC-registered services across 40 council areas; 78 of the 82 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (95%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Derby.
It trades under the Sanctuary Care Limited brand, which covers 113 services run by 3 registered providers.
Around Derby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Heron Court Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
7 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Normanton 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 Derby and Derbyshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (2 min), a café (1 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (7 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe75% score43 of 66 in Derby
- Effective75% score53 of 66 in Derby
- Caring75% score60 of 66 in Derby
- Responsive75% score61 of 66 in Derby
- Well-led75% score45 of 66 in Derby
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 3 September 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Derby share it.
Inspection findings in brief
- People were supported to keep safe by enough trained staff that were recruited safely.
- Infection, prevention and control practices were implemented and monitored to ensure effective systems were in place.
- There were effective systems in place to monitor the quality and safety of the service and actions were taken as needed.
- Some people could not directly tell us about their experience.
Inspected 7 July 2022; report published 20 August 2022. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home over the years
Registered in October 2020, it has 6 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
Reports on record: 2, with the most recent dated 20 August 2022.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
The ratings in context
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 44 of the 65 other care homes in Derby that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% 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, Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home scores 75%.
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 75%
- 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 enablement3 · Good
Responsive 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 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
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 18 July 2025, published 3 September 2025 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Past CQC ratings
- Jun 2016
- Dec 2016
- Jan 2018
- Mar 2021
- Aug 2022
- Sep 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 20 August 2022
- CQC inspection report 17 March 2021
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 2 October 2025 by Derby City. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Sherwood Forest Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Normanton
- Council
- Derby City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Derby South
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in DE23 (23)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 90 m (1 min walk) · 22 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Peartree, 570 m (7 min walk)
- GP surgery Lister House, 380 m (5 min walk)
- Pharmacy Omega Pharmacy, 370 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Aira Off License, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Park Normanton Park, 920 m (12 min walk)
- Café Laade Breakfast, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Place of worship Saint George and All Soldier Saints Catholic Church, 40 m (1 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
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Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home in local context
- Rated Good. Across Derby, 76% of the 66 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (September 2025) is more recent than 76% of care home ratings in Derby.
- With 75 beds it is larger than 94% of care homes in Derby, where the typical home has 34.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 31% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Derby lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Derby, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home questions answered
- Who is the registered provider for Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home?
- Sanctuary Care Limited is the registered provider for Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home.
- How many beds does Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home have?
- Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home has 75 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How did Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home charge?
- Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,125 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Is Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-9635861945) and was rated Good overall in September 2025.
- Where is Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home based?
- It is at 29 Village Street, Derby, DE23 8TA.
- What services is Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home how it would adapt if needs increase.
- When was Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home last inspected?
- 3 September 2025 is when the current rating was published, 1 year ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Is Sherwood Forest Residential and Nursing Home registered for dementia care?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
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