Warrengate residential Nursing Care Home Kingswood Tadworth
At a Glance
The information you need to decide whether this home warrants a closer look.
Nursing homes
Staff warmth score
of reviewers answered yes
Good to know
- Registered beds40
- SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Caring for adults under 65 yrs, Dementia
- Last inspected2019-08-30
- Activities programmeThe food here gets particular praise from families who've experienced other care settings — they say it's noticeably better than what they've seen elsewhere. While the care itself is the priority, some visitors have mentioned that dedicated spaces for private family time would make visits more comfortable.
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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
Families talk about staff who treat everyone with respect — residents and visitors alike. They mention how quickly staff respond when help is needed, and how they take time to understand what works best for each person. Regular activities and entertainment give structure to the days, and families say they're always welcome to join in.
Based on 11 Google reviews · 0 reviews on carehome.co.uk · most recent 2026-04-10
The eight family priority themes
- Staff warmth72
- Compassion & dignity72
- Cleanliness70
- Activities & engagement65
- Food quality65
- Healthcare70
- Management & leadership74
- Resident happiness68
What inspectors found
Inspected 2019-08-30 · Report published 2019-08-30 · Inspected 4 times in the last three years
Is this home safe?
{"found":"The home was rated Good for safety at the December 2023 inspection, an improvement from a previous Requires Improvement rating. The published report does not include specific observations about staffing numbers, falls management, medicines handling, or infection control. The registration confirms the home provides nursing care, meaning qualified nurses should be present. No specific safety incidents or concerns are described in the available report text.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"A Good safety rating after a period of Requires Improvement tells you that inspectors were satisfied progress had been made, which is a meaningful signal. However, the Good Practice evidence base from the Leeds Beckett rapid review (61 studies, 2026) consistently flags night staffing as the point where safety most often slips in care homes. The published findings give no detail on overnight staffing for these 40 beds. Agency reliance is another known risk factor: unfamiliar staff working with people who have dementia can miss subtle changes in behaviour that a regular carer would catch. You cannot assess either of these risks from the published report alone.","evidence_base":"The Good Practice evidence base identifies night staffing ratios and agency staff reliance as two of the strongest predictors of safety incidents in nursing homes caring for people with dementia. Neither is addressed in the published inspection findings for this home.","watch_out":"Ask the manager to show you the actual staffing rota for the past two weeks, not a template. Count how many shifts were covered by permanent staff versus agency, and ask specifically how many nurses and carers are on duty overnight for 40 residents."}
Is the care effective?
{"found":"The home was rated Good for Effective at the December 2023 inspection. The published report does not describe the content of care plans, the frequency of GP access, dementia training programmes, or food quality. The home is registered as a nursing home, which requires qualified nurses to oversee clinical effectiveness. No specific examples of effective practice are recorded in the available text.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"Effectiveness in dementia care means your parent's care plan should read like a portrait of them as a person, not a list of medical needs. The Good Practice evidence base identifies care plans as living documents that should be updated after any significant change and reviewed with families at least every three months. Food quality is also a reliable marker of genuine care: poor food is one of the most consistent complaints in care home reviews, while homes that get it right tend to show attention to individual preference across the board. Neither is described in this inspection, so both are worth investigating in person.","evidence_base":"The IFF Research and Leeds Beckett rapid evidence review found that dementia-specific training, including understanding non-verbal communication and behaviour as expression, significantly improves the quality of daily interactions. The depth of that training at Warrengate is not described in the published report.","watch_out":"Ask the manager to walk you through what a care plan looks like for a resident with dementia: how personal history and preferences are recorded, when it was last reviewed, and whether families are invited to contribute. Then ask to visit at a mealtime to see the food and the pace of support at the table."}
Is this home caring?
{"found":"The home was rated Good for Caring at the December 2023 inspection. The published report contains no recorded observations of staff interactions, no quotes from residents or relatives, and no specific examples of dignity or compassion in practice. The rating alone indicates that inspectors were satisfied with the standard of care they observed.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"Staff warmth is the single biggest driver of family satisfaction in our review data, mentioned in 57.3% of positive reviews, and compassion and dignity follow closely at 55.2%. These are the things families feel most keenly and remember most clearly. The inspection confirms a Good rating but provides none of the observable detail that would let you picture what daily life looks like for your parent. The Good Practice evidence base is clear that for people with advanced dementia, non-verbal communication, tone of voice, unhurried touch, and consistent familiar faces, matters as much as spoken words. You cannot assess any of this from the published findings.","evidence_base":"The Good Practice evidence base (61 studies) confirms that person-led care requires staff to know each individual well enough to recognise their preferences, moods, and communication styles. Continuity of staffing, rather than a rotating agency pool, is the strongest structural support for that kind of knowing.","watch_out":"Arrive unannounced if possible, or at least without announcing your arrival time in advance. Spend 15 minutes in a communal area before you speak to a manager. Watch whether staff greet residents by name, whether they crouch to eye level, and whether anyone is sitting alone without acknowledgement for more than a few minutes."}
Is the home responsive?
{"found":"The home was rated Good for Responsive at the December 2023 inspection. The published report does not describe the activities programme, how the home responds to individual preferences, or how end-of-life care is planned and delivered. The home is registered to care for people with dementia, which implies an expectation of tailored, person-centred responses. No specific examples are recorded in the available text.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"Activities and engagement account for 21.4% of positive family reviews, and resident happiness for 27.1%. For a person with dementia, meaningful daily activity is not a luxury. The Good Practice evidence base highlights that group activities alone are insufficient: people with moderate to advanced dementia often need one-to-one engagement, and the best homes build familiar, everyday tasks such as folding, gardening, or simple cooking into the daily routine rather than relying on a scheduled programme. Whether Warrengate does this is entirely unknown from the published report.","evidence_base":"The Good Practice evidence base identifies Montessori-based and task-centred individual activity approaches as significantly more effective for people with advanced dementia than group entertainment sessions alone. Homes that provide one-to-one engagement for residents who cannot participate in groups show measurably better wellbeing outcomes.","watch_out":"Ask the activities coordinator (not the manager) to describe what yesterday actually looked like for a resident with moderate dementia who could not join a group session. Ask to see the activity records for the past month, not the planned schedule, to see what was actually delivered."}
Is the home well-led?
{"found":"The home was rated Good for Well-led at the December 2023 inspection, improving from a previous Requires Improvement. The registered manager is named as Mr Biju George, and the nominated individual is Mr Yasheen Rajan. The published report does not describe management culture, staff morale, governance systems, or how the home handles complaints and incidents. The improvement in rating suggests inspectors found progress under current leadership.","quotes":[],"family_meaning":"Management stability is one of the strongest predictors of quality trajectory in care homes. The Good Practice evidence base is consistent on this point: homes where the registered manager is visible, known to staff and residents, and has been in post long enough to build a culture tend to sustain quality better than those experiencing frequent leadership change. The improvement from Requires Improvement to Good is a positive indicator, but you should check how long the current manager has been in post and whether the team around them is stable. Communication with families accounts for 11.5% of positive reviews, and the published report gives no information on how this home keeps relatives informed.","evidence_base":"The Good Practice evidence base identifies leadership stability and a culture where staff feel safe to raise concerns as the strongest structural predictors of sustained quality in dementia care settings. Frequent management change is associated with declining inspection ratings over time.","watch_out":"Ask Mr George directly how long he has been registered manager at this home, how many senior staff have left in the past 12 months, and how he would contact you if your parent had a difficult night. The answers will tell you as much as any inspection rating."}
Source: CQC inspection report →
What the evidence base says
Against the DCC Good Practice in Dementia Care standards, this home’s evidence aligns most strongly on The home provides nursing care for adults over 65, with particular expertise in dementia care. They also support younger adults who need nursing care.. Gaps or open questions remain on The team has experience supporting people through different stages of dementia, including when behaviour becomes challenging. Families describe staff who understand how to adapt their approach as the condition progresses, providing both the medical care and the patience that's needed. — 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
Warrengate Nursing Home scores 72 out of 100. The home improved from Requires Improvement to Good across all five inspection domains, which is a meaningful step forward, but the published inspection report contains very little specific detail, so most scores reflect that positive direction rather than rich, verified evidence.
Homes in South East typically score 68–82.The three-lens summary
What families tell us
Families talk about staff who treat everyone with respect — residents and visitors alike. They mention how quickly staff respond when help is needed, and how they take time to understand what works best for each person. Regular activities and entertainment give structure to the days, and families say they're always welcome to join in.
What inspectors have recorded
Staff here work with residents whose needs might be too complex for standard care homes, including those with advanced dementia or challenging behaviours. Families appreciate how the team adapts as conditions progress, providing the specialist nursing input that's needed while maintaining that personal touch.
How it sits against good practice
If you're looking for somewhere in Tadworth that can handle complex nursing needs while still feeling personal and caring, it might be worth arranging a visit to see if Warrengate could work for your family.
Worth a visit
Warrengate Nursing Home, at 2 The Warren in Tadworth, was rated Good at its most recent inspection in December 2023, with the report published in February 2024. Importantly, this represents a step up from a previous rating of Requires Improvement, meaning inspectors found meaningful progress across all five domains: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, and Well-led. The home is a 40-bed nursing home registered to care for people living with dementia, adults over 65, and adults under 65, with qualified nursing staff on site. The main uncertainty here is that the published inspection report contains very little specific detail. There are no recorded observations of staff behaviour, no resident or family quotes, and no description of the daily life your parent would experience. A Good rating following an improvement is genuinely positive, but you should not rely on it alone. On your visit, ask to see last week's actual staffing rota (counting permanent versus agency names, especially on nights), ask how the team approaches dementia-specific care, and spend time in a communal area watching how staff interact with the people who live there. The checklist above identifies 21 areas where the inspection offers no evidence, and those are the questions to bring with you.
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In Their Own Words
How Warrengate residential Nursing Care Home Kingswood Tadworth describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Where complex care meets genuine kindness in Tadworth
Nursing home in Tadworth: True Peace of Mind
When dementia or complex health needs mean your loved one needs specialist nursing care, finding somewhere that combines medical expertise with real warmth can feel impossible. Warrengate Nursing Home in Tadworth brings together skilled nursing support with the kind of personal attention that helps residents feel genuinely cared for. Families describe staff who really get to know each resident, adapting their approach as needs change over time.
Who they care for
The home provides nursing care for adults over 65, with particular expertise in dementia care. They also support younger adults who need nursing care.
The team has experience supporting people through different stages of dementia, including when behaviour becomes challenging. Families describe staff who understand how to adapt their approach as the condition progresses, providing both the medical care and the patience that's needed.
Management & ethos
Staff here work with residents whose needs might be too complex for standard care homes, including those with advanced dementia or challenging behaviours. Families appreciate how the team adapts as conditions progress, providing the specialist nursing input that's needed while maintaining that personal touch.
The home & environment
The food here gets particular praise from families who've experienced other care settings — they say it's noticeably better than what they've seen elsewhere. While the care itself is the priority, some visitors have mentioned that dedicated spaces for private family time would make visits more comfortable.
“If you're looking for somewhere in Tadworth that can handle complex nursing needs while still feeling personal and caring, it might be worth arranging a visit to see if Warrengate could work for your family.”
DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.
