Care home · Doncaster
Wickett Hern Road
Illustrative photo, not of Wickett Hern Road- Address
- 123 Wickett Hern Road, Armthorpe, Doncaster, DN3 3TB
- Run by
- Doncaster City Council (5 services)
- Type of provider
- Council-run
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 9 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Gareth Anthony Bishop
- Last CQC check
- 29 Jul 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
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Armthorpe: Care homes in Armthorpe (5) · Best rated care homes in Armthorpe
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-128571895
The service in brief
Wickett Hern Road is a CQC-registered residential care home in Doncaster, run by Doncaster City Council. Its registered specialisms include learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (July 2026). It is one of 5 CQC-registered care homes in and around Armthorpe; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What it may cost
We estimate Wickett Hern Road 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.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Doncaster Council for a free care needs assessment.
The local picture
There are 15 other care homes within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Ernelesthorp Manor & Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (6 of the nearest 25).
2 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Armthorpe 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 South Yorkshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (7 min), a park (3 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Reading Wickett Hern Road'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 49 of the 73 other care homes in Doncaster 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.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from December 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 18 January 2020.
From the latest CQC inspection
- People visit the service for short term respite stays and for support during transitions to community-based services.
- Who the service is for This service supports people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
- We were assured the service provided care in line with this guidance.
- We were able to engage and talk with the people who were living in Wickett Hern Road.
Inspected 20 December 2019; report published 18 January 2020; supporting 4 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
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, Wickett Hern Road 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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 11 July 2026, published 29 July 2026 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
How its rating has changed
- Jan 2015
- Apr 2017
- Jan 2020
- Jul 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 18 January 2020
- CQC inspection report 27 April 2017
- CQC inspection report 20 January 2015
- Inspection report 16 January 2014
- Inspection report 22 December 2012
- Inspection report 12 March 2012
Finding it
- Ward
- Armthorpe
- Council
- City of Doncaster Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Doncaster Central
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS South 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
- Postcode district
- Care homes in DN3 (5)
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Close by
- Bus stop 50 m (1 min walk) · 20 stops within 600 m
- Shop Tesco Express, 550 m (7 min walk)
- Park 220 m (3 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe75% score62 of 74 in Doncaster
- Effective75% score69 of 74 in Doncaster
- Caring75% score69 of 74 in Doncaster
- Responsive75% score66 of 74 in Doncaster
- Well-led75% score50 of 74 in Doncaster
Source: CQC, published 29 July 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Doncaster share it.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The registered provider
Doncaster City Council runs 5 CQC-registered services; 5 of the 5 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
All 5 are in Doncaster, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
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Wickett Hern Road against its area
- Rated Good. Across Doncaster, 81% of the 74 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2026) is more recent than 93% of care home ratings in Doncaster.
- With 9 beds it is smaller than 73% of care homes in Doncaster, where the typical home has 31.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 86% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Doncaster lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Doncaster as at Oct 2026.
Also nearby
Guides for families
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Wickett Hern Road questions answered
- What kind of care can Wickett Hern Road offer?
- Wickett Hern Road is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is Wickett Hern Road registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-128571895 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in July 2026.
- Where is Wickett Hern Road?
- It is at 123 Wickett Hern Road, Armthorpe, Doncaster, DN3 3TB.
- When was Wickett Hern Road last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 29 July 2026. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Is Wickett Hern Road registered for dementia care?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- Who is the registered provider for Wickett Hern Road?
- On CQC's register the provider is Doncaster City Council.
- How many beds does Wickett Hern Road have?
- CQC registers Wickett Hern Road for 9 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- How is Wickett Hern Road rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How much does care from Wickett Hern Road cost?
- Wickett Hern Road's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,230 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
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Details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Text marked "in the provider's own words" is supplied by the provider. The Care Panel is not a care provider.