Care home · Castleford
Whitwood House
Illustrative photo, not of Whitwood House- Address
- 82 Lumley Street, Castleford, WF10 5LD
- Run by
- Living Ambitions Limited (15 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 16 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- September 2012 (14 years)
- Part of
- Lifeways Community Care
- Registered manager
- Stephanie Jo Tebby
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1991 (35 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02622175)
- Last CQC check
- 29 Dec 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,110–£1,350 a week for residential care. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-469893364
Whitwood House at a glance
Whitwood House is a CQC-registered residential care home in Castleford, run by Living Ambitions Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (December 2025). It is one of 17 CQC-registered care homes in and around Castleford; 15 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Reading Whitwood House's CQC ratings
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 56 of the 87 other care homes in Wakefield that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Safe at 75% and its lowest is Caring at 70%, averaging 72% overall.
Registered specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
Likely fees
We estimate Whitwood House 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.
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The registered provider
Whitwood House is run by Living Ambitions Limited (company 02622175), incorporated in 1991, 21 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Living Ambitions Limited runs 15 CQC-registered services across 7 council areas; 13 of the 14 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (93%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Wakefield.
It trades under the Lifeways Community Care brand, which covers 86 services run by 19 registered providers.
Around Castleford
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Castleford Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (8 of the nearest 25).
4 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Altofts & Whitwood 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 West Yorkshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (4 min), a park (2 min), a café (4 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score60 of 88 in Wakefield
- Effective71% score73 of 88 in Wakefield
- Caring70% score78 of 88 in Wakefield
- Responsive71% score74 of 88 in Wakefield
- Well-led75% score57 of 88 in Wakefield
CQC key question ratings, published 29 December 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wakefield share it.
CQC's scores in detail
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, Whitwood House scores 72%.
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 71%
- 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 outcomes2 · Some shortfalls
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 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 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 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 21 October 2025, published 30 June 2025 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Rating history
- Oct 2016
- Apr 2019
- Apr 2021
- Jul 2021
- Jun 2022
- Jun 2025
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 16 June 2022
- CQC inspection report 7 July 2021
- CQC inspection report 16 April 2021
- CQC inspection report 19 April 2019
- CQC inspection report 12 October 2016
- Inspection report 17 December 2013
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 6 June 2015 by Wakefield. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Whitwood House"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Altofts & Whitwood
- Council
- Wakefield Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Integrated care board
- NHS West Yorkshire 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 WF10 (18)
Bigger map · Get directions · Base map © OpenStreetMap
Around the building
- Bus stop 40 m (1 min walk) · 25 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Castleford, 930 m (12 min walk)
- GP surgery Henry Moore Clinic, 940 m (12 min walk)
- Pharmacy Cohens Chemist, 940 m (12 min walk)
- Shop Hightown Convenience Stores, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Park Saville Park, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Café 330 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship All Saints, 250 m (3 min walk)
- Library Castleford Library, 1.3 km (16 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.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
What CQC's inspectors reported
- It commenced on 12 November 2025 and was completed on 19 November 2025.
- Site visits took place on each of these dates and an out of hours visit was included on the 12 November 2025.
- The provider was previously in breach of regulation relating to good governance.
- People were supported safely by kind, caring, skilled and respectful staff.
Inspected 12 April 2022; report published 16 June 2022; supporting 11 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Whitwood House over the years
Registered in September 2012, it has 14 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Good and improving to Good.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 16 June 2022.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Wakefield, 74% of the 88 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2025) is more recent than 85% of care home ratings in Wakefield.
- With 16 beds it is smaller than 61% of care homes in Wakefield, where the typical home has 22.
- Registered with CQC in 2012: it has been registered longer than 58% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Wakefield lists 4.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Wakefield (Oct 2026).
Nearby options
Guides for families
Recently rated care homes near Castleford
- Castleford LodgeOct 2025
- Newfield LodgeOct 2026
- The BeechesNov 2025
Whitwood House: common questions
- Can Whitwood House care for someone with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- When was Whitwood House last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 29 December 2025. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- What type of care does Whitwood House provide?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Whitwood House how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Where is Whitwood House based?
- It is at 82 Lumley Street, Castleford, WF10 5LD.
- Is Whitwood House registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Whitwood House as a care home, location ID 1-469893364 and was rated Good overall in December 2025.
- How much does Whitwood House charge?
- Whitwood House 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). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How did Whitwood House score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How many residents can Whitwood House take?
- CQC registers Whitwood House for 16 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Which provider runs Whitwood House?
- CQC lists Living Ambitions Limited as the provider responsible for Whitwood House.
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