Care home · Elland
Westgarth
Illustrative photo, not of Westgarth- Address
- 79 Victoria Road, Elland, HX5 0QA
- Run by
- St Anne's Community Services (38 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 12 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- April 2022 (4 years)
- Part of
- St Annes Community Services
- Registered manager
- Dawn Rebecca Newsome
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1972 (53 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 01089026)
- Last CQC check
- 8 Oct 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,110–£1,350 a week for residential care. Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-12956661934
About Westgarth
Westgarth in Elland is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by St Anne's Community Services. Its registered specialisms include learning disabilities.
CQC rated it Good overall (October 2026). It is one of 8 CQC-registered care homes in and around Elland; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What inspectors found
- Dates of assessment: 27 and 28 August and 2 September 2026.
- Westgarth provides accommodation and personal care for up to 12 autistic people and people with a learning disability.
- A condition is placed on their registration which limits any emergency short stay placement to no longer than 9 months.
- Not everyone at the service was able to tell us in detail how they felt about their stay.
Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Costs to expect
We estimate Westgarth at £1,110–£1,350 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £58k–£70k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
With savings below £23,250, Calderdale Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Choice nearby
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 Norton House Trading as Poole Beresford Ltd, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (8 of the nearest 25).
Its rating is more recent than any of the 23 nearest rated care homes.
It sits in Elland ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% 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 (8 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (3 min), a park (5 min), a café (6 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Scores behind the rating
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, Westgarth scores 73%.
Safe 72%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 71%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people2 · Some shortfalls
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 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 sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 19 August 2026, published 8 October 2026, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Rating history
- Jul 2016
- May 2019
- Mar 2021
- Oct 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Area and map
- Ward
- Elland
- Council
- Calderdale Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Calder Valley
- NHS planning area
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% most deprived areas in England
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Close by
- Bus stop 50 m (1 min walk) · 50 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Banksfield Surgery, 660 m (8 min walk)
- Pharmacy Ryburn Pharmacy, 320 m (4 min walk)
- Shop Londis, 240 m (3 min walk)
- Park 360 m (5 min walk)
- Café Cooper Kitchen, 470 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship Bethesda Methodist Church, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Library Elland Library, 400 m (5 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.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe72% score31 of 42 in Calderdale
- Effective75% score33 of 42 in Calderdale
- Caring75% score34 of 42 in Calderdale
- Responsive71% score32 of 42 in Calderdale
- Well-led71% score30 of 42 in Calderdale
CQC key question ratings, published 8 October 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Calderdale share it.
What the ratings tell you
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 29 of the 41 other care homes in Calderdale that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 71%, averaging 73% overall.
Who it can help
As listed with the regulator.
Track record
Registered in April 2022, it has 4 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
Ownership and company checks
Westgarth is run by St Anne's Community Services (company 01089026), incorporated in 1972, 49 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 13 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care, care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and other social work without accommodation.
St Anne's Community Services runs 40 CQC-registered services across 11 council areas; 35 of the 40 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (88%), against 85% for the same mix of services across England.
4 of its services are in Calderdale.
It trades under the St Annes Community Services brand, which covers 38 services run by 1 registered provider.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Calderdale, 79% of the 42 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (October 2026) is more recent than 98% of care home ratings in Calderdale.
- With 12 beds it is smaller than 63% of care homes in Calderdale, where the typical home has 25.
- Registered with CQC in 2022: it has been registered longer than 24% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Calderdale lists 3.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Calderdale; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Frequently asked about Westgarth
- How recent is Westgarth's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 8 October 2026. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Can Westgarth care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- Is Westgarth a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records Westgarth as a care home, location ID 1-12956661934 and was rated Good overall in October 2026.
- What is Westgarth's address?
- It is at 79 Victoria Road, Elland, HX5 0QA.
- What type of care does Westgarth provide?
- CQC lists Westgarth under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- How did Westgarth score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Westgarth: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What are Westgarth's fees?
- Westgarth 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). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Which provider runs Westgarth?
- Westgarth is run by St Anne's Community Services, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How many residents can Westgarth take?
- Westgarth has 12 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
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