Ballards Ash
Brinkworth Road, Wotton Bassett, SN4 8DS · Wiltshire · South West
10 beds · operated by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited, part of Choice Care Group
Diligence verdict
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 5 years old, and 5 of this operator's 72 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement2 Apr 2021rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement2 Apr 2021rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 5 years old — published 2 Apr 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 5 of 72 of Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 2 Apr 2021 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 29 Dec 2017 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 29 Dec 2017 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 29 Dec 2017 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 2 Apr 2021 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 72 other locations
Other active services registered to Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Abbeyfield Lodge | Good17 Oct 2017rating 3+ yrs old | Hampshire |
| Albert Lodge | Good12 Oct 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Portsmouth |
| Appleton House | Good19 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Southampton |
| Appletrees | Good14 Sep 2017rating 3+ yrs old | West Berkshire |
| Argyll House | Outstanding14 Feb 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Swindon |
| Beech Tree House | Good28 Nov 2025 | Buckinghamshire |
| Beechcroft - Cheltenham | Good15 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Gloucestershire |
| Boxgrove House | Good4 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs old | West Berkshire |
| Bramerton | Outstanding17 Jul 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Windsor and Maidenhead |
| Bridgman House | Good25 Aug 2021rating 3+ yrs old | South Gloucestershire |
| Cambria House | Good23 Feb 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Hampshire |
| Carisbrooke | Good21 Dec 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Reading |
…and 60 more. See the full group view.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- On CQC’s site
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Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.