Home care agency · Ossett
Home Instead Wakefield
Illustrative photo, not of Home Instead Wakefield- Address
- Unit 3h 3, The Gateway, Fryers Way, Silkwood Park, Ossett, WF5 9TJ
- Run by
- Wakefield Home Care Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Home care agency
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- July 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2017 (9 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10619832)
- Last CQC check
- 20 Nov 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £32.50–£40 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,560–£1,910 a week. An estimate based on local published fees (Home Instead branches publish rates above the national median). Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-5518136462
Introducing Home Instead Wakefield
Home Instead Wakefield is a CQC-registered home care agency in Ossett, run by Wakefield Home Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (November 2019). It is one of 81 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Ossett; 47 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from July 2018, so the service has been operating for around 8 years under its current registration.
Its only published overall rating so far is Good, from November 2019.
At 6 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
Rating history
- Nov 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 20 November 2019
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Wrenthorpe & Outwood West
- Council
- Wakefield Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Home care in WF5 (6)
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Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence. The office location; ask which streets and villages carers cover.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Home Instead Wakefield: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 49 of the 58 other agencies in Wakefield that CQC has rated.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe50 of 59 in Wakefield
- Effective55 of 59 in Wakefield
- Caring54 of 59 in Wakefield
- Responsive54 of 59 in Wakefield
- Well-led50 of 59 in Wakefield
CQC key question ratings, published 20 November 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in Wakefield share it.
Inspection findings in brief
- There was a strong person-centred culture within the service and staff told us they felt valued by the provider.
- Staff had a clear understanding of people's needs and had developed positive relationships with them and their families.
- People unanimously told us of how important the staff were to them and how much they enjoyed their relationships with them.
- People were safe as staff were knowledgeable and aware of their individual needs.
Inspected 19 July 2019; report published 20 November 2019. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Home Instead Wakefield at £32.50–£40 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region (Home Instead branches publish rates above the national median). As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £380 a week.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,560–£1,910 per week.
With savings below £23,250, Wakefield Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Registered Office, under 0.5 miles away.
15 of the 19 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Wrenthorpe & Outwood West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS West Yorkshire ICB.
The company behind Home Instead Wakefield
Home Instead Wakefield is run by Wakefield Home Care Limited (company 10619832), incorporated in 2017, 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.
Its registered business activity is other human health activities.
Registered specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
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Home Instead Wakefield in local context
- Rated Good. Across Wakefield, 88% of the 59 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2019) is more recent than 25% of agency ratings in Wakefield.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 65% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in Wakefield lists 7.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in Wakefield, CQC data for Oct 2026.
Nearest home care agencies
Guides for families
Recently rated home care agencies near Ossett
- Yourlife (Ossett)Aug 2025 · under 0.5 miles
- Registered OfficeMay 2025 · 1.3 miles
- HLG Complex Care LtdOct 2025 · 1.3 miles
What families ask about Home Instead Wakefield
- What type of care does Home Instead Wakefield provide?
- CQC lists Home Instead Wakefield under: homecare agencies. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Which provider runs Home Instead Wakefield?
- The registered provider is Wakefield Home Care Limited, according to CQC.
- How much does care from Home Instead Wakefield cost?
- No fee list from Home Instead Wakefield has reached us. Visiting care typically costs around £32–£34 an hour (typical 2026 prices across England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How is Home Instead Wakefield rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Home Instead Wakefield: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- What is Home Instead Wakefield's address?
- Unit 3h 3, The Gateway, Fryers Way, Silkwood Park, Ossett, WF5 9TJ is the agency's office; check it serves your postcode.
- Is Home Instead Wakefield registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-5518136462 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a home care agency and was rated Good overall in November 2019.
- Does Home Instead Wakefield support people with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- How recent is Home Instead Wakefield's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 20 November 2019, 6 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
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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.