Care home · Barnsley
Sid Bailey Care Home
Top rated 2026 · one of the services in Rotherham rated Outstanding by CQC
Illustrative photo, not of Sid Bailey Care Home- Address
- Knollbeck Lane, Brampton, Barnsley, S73 0TX
- Run by
- Danforth Care Brampton Limited
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 66 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- April 2023 (3 years)
- Part of
- Welltower
- Registered manager
- Victoria Alder
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2022 (4 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 13923937)
- Last CQC check
- 11 Jul 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,140–£1,390 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-15118447208
About this home
Sid Bailey Care Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Barnsley, run by Danforth Care Brampton Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Outstanding overall (July 2025). It is one of 5 CQC-registered care homes in and around Brampton; 2 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score69 of 79 in Rotherham
- Effective79% score71 of 79 in Rotherham
- Caring95% score8 of 79 in Rotherham
- Responsive79% score69 of 79 in Rotherham
- Well-led89% score7 of 79 in Rotherham
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 11 July 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Rotherham share it; for example, 8 of 79 care homes in Rotherham rated Outstanding for Caring.
CQC's scores in detail
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Sid Bailey Care Home scores 83%.
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 79%
- 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 outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 95%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity4 · Exceptional
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control4 · Exceptional
- Responding to people’s immediate needs4 · Exceptional
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement4 · Exceptional
Responsive 79%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information4 · Exceptional
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 89%
- Shared direction and culture4 · Exceptional
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders4 · Exceptional
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability4 · Exceptional
- Partnerships and communities4 · Exceptional
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 24 March 2025, published 11 July 2025, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 6 February 2026 by Rotherham. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Sid Bailey"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Hoober
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in S73 (14)
Larger map · How to get there · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Around the building
- Bus stop 60 m (1 min walk) · 22 stops within 600 m
- Shop 360 m (5 min walk)
- Park 620 m (8 min walk)
- Café Micky’s Kitchen, 80 m (1 min walk)
- Place of worship Christ Church, 950 m (12 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Looking at the five areas: Caring and Well-led are rated Outstanding; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Rotherham, 8 of 79 rated care homes are Outstanding for Caring (10%), while 7 of 79 rated care homes are Outstanding for Well-led (9%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 95% and its lowest is Safe at 75%, averaging 83% overall.
The report's Caring and Well-led section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- The management team consisted of excellent leaders who, along with a strong staff team, had the skills to deliver exceptional support to people.
- Managers were clear about their roles and were passionate about the support and leadership offered to people, which was centred around people and involved them to be at the heart of their own care.
- The provider had a good learning culture and people could raise concerns.
- One relative said, “I can’t fault the carers they do everything so well.” Another relative said, “The home has wonderful staff who go out of their way supporting the residents.” People and relatives were highly complementary about how staff took care to ensure their privacy and dignity was maintained.
In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from April 2023, so the service has been operating for around 3 years under its current registration.
So far CQC has published one overall rating: Outstanding, in July 2025.
Specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
How it fits locally
There are 24 other care homes within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Sid Bailey Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (7 of the nearest 25).
9 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Hoober ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South Yorkshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (5 min), a park (8 min), a café (1 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Sid Bailey Care Home at £1,140–£1,390 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
With savings below £23,250, Rotherham Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Who runs it
Sid Bailey Care Home is run by Danforth Care Brampton Limited (company 13923937), incorporated in 2022, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
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.
It trades under the Welltower brand, which covers 623 services run by 76 registered providers.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Sid Bailey Care Home on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are from families and clients and are separate from CQC ratings. Each one is checked against a real email address; we publish good and bad reviews and providers cannot edit or remove them. How reviews work.
Sid Bailey Care Home: common questions
- How much does Sid Bailey Care Home charge?
- Sid Bailey Care Home has not published its fees 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.
- How did Sid Bailey Care Home score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Outstanding; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Outstanding. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How many beds does Sid Bailey Care Home have?
- Sid Bailey Care Home has 66 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who is the registered provider for Sid Bailey Care Home?
- Sid Bailey Care Home is run by Danforth Care Brampton Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- Does Sid Bailey Care Home support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- How recent is Sid Bailey Care Home's CQC rating?
- 11 July 2025 is when the current rating was published, 1 year ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Where is Sid Bailey Care Home?
- It is at Knollbeck Lane, Brampton, Barnsley, S73 0TX.
- Is Sid Bailey Care Home registered with CQC?
- Sid Bailey Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-15118447208) and was rated Outstanding overall in July 2025.
- What type of care does Sid Bailey Care Home provide?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Sid Bailey Care Home how it would adapt if needs increase.
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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.