Henshaws Specialist College
Henshaws Specialist College is a care home with nursing in Harrogate, run by Henshaws Society for Blind People. CQC rated it Good overall in March 2020 (last checked 3 March 2020). It has 50 beds. It is registered to support people with a physical disability, people with a sensory impairment, people with a learning disability or autism and younger adults.
- Care home with nursing
- Specialist college service
- Community based services for people with a learning disability
Henshaws College, Bogs Lane, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 4ED
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Up from Requires improvement, 16 January 2019.
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 3 March 2020.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 6 years ago (3 March 2020)Is it effective?
Goodrated 6 years ago (3 March 2020)Is it caring?
Goodrated 6 years ago (3 March 2020)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Outstandingrated 6 years ago (3 March 2020)Is it well-led?
Goodrated 6 years ago (3 March 2020)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from March 2020. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
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Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Requires improvement16 January 2019Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement21 June 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good24 March 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home with nursing, Specialist college service, Community based services for people with a learning disability
- Who it supports
- Physical disability, Sensory impairment, Learning disability or autism, Younger adults, Children and young people
- Number of beds
- 50
- Nursing care
- Yes, nurses are on hand
- Registered since
- 8 December 2010
- Local council area
- North Yorkshire
Who runs it
- Provider
- Henshaws Society for Blind People
- Brand
- BRAND Henshaws Society for Blind People (Henshaws)
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation