Stennards Leisure Home
At a Glance
The information you need to decide whether this home warrants a closer look.
Residential homes
Staff warmth score
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Good to know
- Registered beds25
- SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Dementia, Mental health conditions, Physical disabilities, Sensory impairment
- Last inspected2018-09-19
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The Evidence
What the review data, the inspection reports, and the dementia-care evidence base tell us about this home.
What families say
Relatives describe walking into an atmosphere where their loved ones appear genuinely comfortable with the staff around them. There's a sense that visitors feel properly welcomed too, not just processed through visiting hours.
The eight family priority themes
- Staff warmth55
- Compassion & dignity55
- Cleanliness55
- Activities & engagement50
- Food quality50
- Healthcare55
- Management & leadership60
- Resident happiness55
What inspectors found
Inspected 2018-09-19
Is this home safe?
Is the care effective?
The home received a Good rating for effectiveness at the June 2021 inspection. The published text does not include detail about care plan content, GP access arrangements, dementia training, or food quality. The home is registered for a wide range of specialisms including dementia and sensory impairment, which requires staff to hold relevant skills. No concerns were raised by inspectors.Is this home caring?
The home was rated Good for caring at its June 2021 inspection. No specific inspector observations about staff interactions, use of preferred names, dignity during personal care, or responses to distress appear in the published text. The Good rating indicates inspectors found no significant concerns in this domain at the time of inspection.Is the home responsive?
The home received a Good rating for responsiveness at the June 2021 inspection. The published text includes no detail about the activity programme, one-to-one engagement, end-of-life care planning, or how the home responds to individual preferences. The home is registered for multiple specialisms, which implies a need for flexible, tailored responses.Is the home well-led?
The home was rated Good for well-led at the June 2021 inspection. A named registered manager, Miss Philomena Malanaphy, is recorded as being in post. The published inspection text contains no detail about manager visibility, staff culture, governance systems, or how the home handles complaints and incidents. The 2023 desk-based review found no evidence to change the Good rating.
Source: CQC inspection report →
What the evidence base says
The home provides specialist support for sensory impairments, dementia, and mental health conditions. They focus on caring for adults over 65 who may also be managing physical disabilities. For residents living with dementia, the home offers specialised care approaches. Staff are equipped to support the particular challenges that dementia brings to daily life. All areas worth probing directly during a visit.
The DCC Verdict
Our editorial view, built from the three lenses: what families tell us, what inspectors record, and how the home sits against good dementia-care practice.
DCC Family Score
Stennards Leisure Retirement Home holds a Good rating across all five inspection domains, which is a positive baseline. However, the published inspection text contains very little specific detail, so the score reflects a confirmed but unverified Good rather than strongly evidenced quality.
Homes in West Midlands typically score 68–82.The three-lens summary
What families tell us
Relatives describe walking into an atmosphere where their loved ones appear genuinely comfortable with the staff around them. There's a sense that visitors feel properly welcomed too, not just processed through visiting hours.
What inspectors have recorded
What stands out is how staff support families through difficult transitions. They've shown themselves capable of providing both practical help and emotional understanding when relatives need it most.
How it sits against good practice
Sometimes the best measure of a care home is how families feel years later about the support they received.
Worth a visit
Stennards Leisure Retirement Home, a 25-bed home on Middleton Hall Road in Birmingham, was rated Good across all five inspection domains at its last full inspection in June 2021. A desk-based review in July 2023 found no evidence to change that rating. The home is registered to support people living with dementia, mental health conditions, physical disabilities, and sensory impairments, as well as older adults generally, and a named registered manager is in post. The main limitation for any family considering this home is that the published inspection text contains almost no specific observational detail. A Good rating is meaningful, but it tells you very little about daily life: whether staff are unhurried and use your parent's preferred name, what activities look like on a wet Tuesday afternoon, or how many people are on the floor at night. The last full inspection was in 2021, which is now several years ago. Before making a decision, visit in person, ask to see the actual staffing rota for last week (not a template), and request a copy of a recent care plan so you can judge how well the home records individual preferences.
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In Their Own Words
How Stennards Leisure Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Where kindness meets years of dedicated Birmingham care
Dedicated residential home Support in Birmingham
Families searching for care in Birmingham often find themselves drawn to Stennards Leisure Retirement Home. The consistent thread running through family experiences here is the genuine warmth shown to residents, with staff who seem to understand that caring goes far beyond daily routines.
Who they care for
The home provides specialist support for sensory impairments, dementia, and mental health conditions. They focus on caring for adults over 65 who may also be managing physical disabilities.
For residents living with dementia, the home offers specialised care approaches. Staff are equipped to support the particular challenges that dementia brings to daily life.
“Sometimes the best measure of a care home is how families feel years later about the support they received.”
DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.
The DCC Verdict
Our editorial view, built from the three lenses: what families tell us, what inspectors record, and how the home sits against good dementia-care practice.
DCC Family Score
Stennards Leisure Retirement Home holds a Good rating across all five inspection domains, which is a positive baseline. However, the published inspection text contains very little specific detail, so the score reflects a confirmed but unverified Good rather than strongly evidenced quality.
Homes in West Midlands typically score 68–82.The three-lens summary
What families tell us
Relatives describe walking into an atmosphere where their loved ones appear genuinely comfortable with the staff around them. There's a sense that visitors feel properly welcomed too, not just processed through visiting hours.
What inspectors have recorded
What stands out is how staff support families through difficult transitions. They've shown themselves capable of providing both practical help and emotional understanding when relatives need it most.
How it sits against good practice
Sometimes the best measure of a care home is how families feel years later about the support they received.
Worth a visit
Stennards Leisure Retirement Home, a 25-bed home on Middleton Hall Road in Birmingham, was rated Good across all five inspection domains at its last full inspection in June 2021. A desk-based review in July 2023 found no evidence to change that rating. The home is registered to support people living with dementia, mental health conditions, physical disabilities, and sensory impairments, as well as older adults generally, and a named registered manager is in post. The main limitation for any family considering this home is that the published inspection text contains almost no specific observational detail. A Good rating is meaningful, but it tells you very little about daily life: whether staff are unhurried and use your parent's preferred name, what activities look like on a wet Tuesday afternoon, or how many people are on the floor at night. The last full inspection was in 2021, which is now several years ago. Before making a decision, visit in person, ask to see the actual staffing rota for last week (not a template), and request a copy of a recent care plan so you can judge how well the home records individual preferences.
The three questions to ask when you visitSave this home. Compare it against your shortlist.
Let our analysis show you how Stennards Leisure Home measures up against the other homes you’re considering. Free account.
In Their Own Words
How Stennards Leisure Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Where kindness meets years of dedicated Birmingham care
Dedicated residential home Support in Birmingham
Families searching for care in Birmingham often find themselves drawn to Stennards Leisure Retirement Home. The consistent thread running through family experiences here is the genuine warmth shown to residents, with staff who seem to understand that caring goes far beyond daily routines.
Who they care for
The home provides specialist support for sensory impairments, dementia, and mental health conditions. They focus on caring for adults over 65 who may also be managing physical disabilities.
For residents living with dementia, the home offers specialised care approaches. Staff are equipped to support the particular challenges that dementia brings to daily life.
Management & ethos
What stands out is how staff support families through difficult transitions. They've shown themselves capable of providing both practical help and emotional understanding when relatives need it most.
“Sometimes the best measure of a care home is how families feel years later about the support they received.”
DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.
