Highbury Residential Home
At a Glance
The information you need to decide whether this home warrants a closer look.
Residential homes, Supported living
Staff warmth score
of reviewers answered yes
Good to know
- Registered beds27
- SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Caring for adults under 65 yrs, Dementia, Learning disabilities, Mental health conditions
- Last inspected2022-11-30
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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
The eight family priority themes
- Staff warmth72
- Compassion & dignity72
- Cleanliness70
- Activities & engagement65
- Food quality65
- Healthcare70
- Management & leadership72
- Resident happiness70
What inspectors found
Inspected 2022-11-30
Is this home safe?
Is the care effective?
The Effective domain was rated Good at the May 2025 inspection. This covers whether staff have the training and knowledge to meet your parent's needs, whether care plans are detailed and kept up to date, whether your parent gets access to GPs and health professionals when needed, and whether food meets their nutritional needs and preferences. No specific detail from the inspection is available in the published text — the Good rating is the finding, without the supporting evidence that would usually accompany a detailed report.Is this home caring?
The Caring domain was rated Good at the May 2025 inspection. This is the domain that most directly reflects whether staff treat your parent with kindness, respect their dignity, and support their independence. A Good rating here means inspectors observed — or found evidence of — staff interactions that met this standard. No specific quotes, observations, or examples are available in the published text to illustrate what this looked like on the day.Is the home responsive?
The Responsive domain was rated Good at the May 2025 inspection. This covers whether your parent will have a life at Highbury — whether activities are meaningful and tailored to them as an individual, whether their preferences and choices are acted on, and whether the home is able to meet the needs of people at different stages of their condition including end of life. The home supports a mixed population including people with dementia, learning disabilities, and mental health conditions, which makes responsiveness particularly important and potentially complex. No specific activity examples or individual care stories are available in the published text.Is the home well-led?
The Well-led domain was rated Good at the May 2025 inspection. A named registered manager, Mrs Doina Maria Hrisca, is in post, supported by a nominated individual, Mr Vikram Kumar Sudera. This matters because leadership stability is one of the strongest predictors of consistent care quality. The home had previously declined to Requires Improvement overall, and the return to Good across all domains suggests effective leadership has addressed the issues that led to that decline. No specific detail about governance processes, staff culture, or how the home handles complaints and learning is available in the published text.
Source: CQC inspection report →
What the evidence base says
The home specialises in supporting people with dementia, learning disabilities and mental health conditions. They care for adults both under and over 65, which means they're set up to handle the different needs that come with various life stages and conditions. For those living with dementia, the home provides specialist support tailored to individual needs. Their experience caring for people across different age groups means they understand how dementia affects people differently throughout 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
Highbury Residential Home's latest assessment (May 2025) returned Good ratings across all five domains, representing a recovery from a previous Requires Improvement rating — but the inspection report provided contains very limited specific detail, so scores reflect the positive overall rating tempered by a significant lack of verifiable, family-facing evidence.
Homes in East Midlands typically score 68–82.Worth a visit
Highbury Residential Home at 38 Mountsorrel Lane, Loughborough was assessed in May 2025 and the report was published in July 2025. Across all five domains — Safety, Effectiveness, Caring, Responsiveness, and Leadership — the home received a Good rating. This is a meaningful improvement from its previous Requires Improvement overall rating, and suggests the registered manager and the team have addressed whatever concerns prompted that earlier decline. The home is a 27-bed service caring for a mixed group including people over and under 65, people living with dementia, and people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. The significant caution here is that the published inspection text available to us contains very little specific detail — no direct quotes from residents or families, no named observations from inspectors, and no concrete examples of what Good actually looks like day-to-day in this home. A Good rating is genuinely positive, but it tells you the floor was met, not how high above it the home sits. When you visit, ask to see the activity programme for the past fortnight (not a printed plan — the actual record of what happened), ask how many permanent staff work nights on the dementia unit, and find out what proportion of shifts are covered by agency staff. These are the details that turn a rating into a real picture of life for your mum or dad.
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In Their Own Words
How Highbury Residential Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Specialist support for complex needs in Loughborough
Residential home,supported living in Loughborough: True Peace of Mind
Highbury Residential Home in Loughborough provides care for people with quite specific needs — from dementia to learning disabilities and mental health conditions. They support both younger adults and those over 65, offering a breadth of specialist knowledge that many families find reassuring when navigating complex care requirements.
Who they care for
The home specialises in supporting people with dementia, learning disabilities and mental health conditions. They care for adults both under and over 65, which means they're set up to handle the different needs that come with various life stages and conditions.
For those living with dementia, the home provides specialist support tailored to individual needs. Their experience caring for people across different age groups means they understand how dementia affects people differently throughout life.
“If you're considering Highbury for someone with complex care needs, visiting would give you the clearest picture of how they work.”
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
Highbury Residential Home's latest assessment (May 2025) returned Good ratings across all five domains, representing a recovery from a previous Requires Improvement rating — but the inspection report provided contains very limited specific detail, so scores reflect the positive overall rating tempered by a significant lack of verifiable, family-facing evidence.
Homes in East Midlands typically score 68–82.Worth a visit
Highbury Residential Home at 38 Mountsorrel Lane, Loughborough was assessed in May 2025 and the report was published in July 2025. Across all five domains — Safety, Effectiveness, Caring, Responsiveness, and Leadership — the home received a Good rating. This is a meaningful improvement from its previous Requires Improvement overall rating, and suggests the registered manager and the team have addressed whatever concerns prompted that earlier decline. The home is a 27-bed service caring for a mixed group including people over and under 65, people living with dementia, and people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. The significant caution here is that the published inspection text available to us contains very little specific detail — no direct quotes from residents or families, no named observations from inspectors, and no concrete examples of what Good actually looks like day-to-day in this home. A Good rating is genuinely positive, but it tells you the floor was met, not how high above it the home sits. When you visit, ask to see the activity programme for the past fortnight (not a printed plan — the actual record of what happened), ask how many permanent staff work nights on the dementia unit, and find out what proportion of shifts are covered by agency staff. These are the details that turn a rating into a real picture of life for your mum or dad.
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Let our analysis show you how Highbury Residential Home measures up against the other homes you’re considering. Free account.
In Their Own Words
How Highbury Residential Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Specialist support for complex needs in Loughborough
Residential home,supported living in Loughborough: True Peace of Mind
Highbury Residential Home in Loughborough provides care for people with quite specific needs — from dementia to learning disabilities and mental health conditions. They support both younger adults and those over 65, offering a breadth of specialist knowledge that many families find reassuring when navigating complex care requirements.
Who they care for
The home specialises in supporting people with dementia, learning disabilities and mental health conditions. They care for adults both under and over 65, which means they're set up to handle the different needs that come with various life stages and conditions.
For those living with dementia, the home provides specialist support tailored to individual needs. Their experience caring for people across different age groups means they understand how dementia affects people differently throughout life.
“If you're considering Highbury for someone with complex care needs, visiting would give you the clearest picture of how they work.”
DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.
