Care homes in Wakefield
There are 95 care homes on the CQC register in Wakefield, covering 11 towns. Open a town for ratings, specialisms and when each was inspected.
Get local care prices Care home vacancies by townWakefield has 95 CQC-registered care homes across 11 towns on this site, with the most in Wakefield, Castleford and Normanton. Among 87 rated so far, the Good or Outstanding share is 75%, which is below the 83% seen across England, with 2 rated Outstanding.
Of these, 18 provide nursing care and 59 support people living with dementia. Check that a home is registered for the care your relative needs now and is likely to need later, because moving again is unsettling.
Council-funded care here is arranged by Wakefield Council, which must offer a free care needs assessment to anyone who appears to need support.
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Quality of care homes in Wakefield
Older ratings are worth asking about: 40 care homes in Wakefield (46%) were last rated over four years ago, against 49% nationally. 22 (25%) have a rating from within two years, against 28%.
Since October 2025, CQC has issued 18 ratings for care homes here. Of those, improvements numbered 3, downgrades 2 and first ratings 1. Newfield Lodge in Castleford has the newest rating: Good, from 22 October 2026. All recent CQC ratings in Wakefield.
2% of rated care homes in Wakefield hold an Outstanding rating (2 of 87), where the England share is 5%. 63 more are Good. At the other end, 22 (25%) sit at Requires improvement (17) or Inadequate (5), compared with 17% nationally.
Who provides care in Wakefield
Average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber: residential care home £1,115 a week and nursing home £1,400 a week.
Wakefield has more care homes than anywhere else in Wakefield, with 21; the largest are Wakefield (21), Castleford (17), Normanton (11), Pontefract (10) and Hemsworth (8). Share rated Good or better: highest in Featherstone at 100% (5 listed), lowest in Upton at 17%.
Carleton Court Care Home has been registered with CQC the longest, since 2010. Over the past year 12 new care homes joined the register here; 5 are still waiting for a first rating.
Specialisms named by care homes in Wakefield, with the number naming each: caring for adults over 65 years (74), caring for adults under 65 years (67), dementia (59) and physical disabilities (50).
19% of care homes here can provide nursing care (18 homes out of 95), against 30% nationally. Registered capacity adds up to 2,981 beds over 95 homes (31 a home on average), and West Ridings Care Home has the most at 180.
Biggest providers here, counted by services: Millennium Support Ltd (5), Care Worldwide (Carlton) Limited (4) and Hillcrest & Lyndale Care & Support Services Limited (4).
Where the care homes in Wakefield are
| Town | Care homes | Rated Good or Outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield | 21 | 15 |
| Castleford | 17 | 15 |
| Normanton | 11 | 7 |
| Pontefract | 10 | 6 |
| Hemsworth | 8 | 4 |
| Upton | 6 | 1 |
| Crofton | 5 | 4 |
| Featherstone | 5 | 5 |
| Horbury | 5 | 3 |
| Knottingley | 4 | 3 |
| Ossett | 3 | 2 |
Care homes by postcode district in Wakefield
Source for provider details: CQC, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). The Care Panel is a comparison site, not a care company.