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Care home

Larks Leas

Milldown Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DE · Dorset · South West

24 beds · operated by Royal Bay Care Homes Ltd

CQC overall rating
Good22 Jan 2020rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 6 years old.

Age of rating
6 years old — published 22 Jan 2020. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
All 4 of Royal Bay Care Homes Ltd's rated homes are Good or better.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Who this service supports

The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.

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What it provides

Care home without nursing

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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Jan 2020
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Jan 2020
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Jan 2020
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Jan 2020
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old22 Jan 2020

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 3 other locations

Other active services registered to Royal Bay Care Homes Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Castle Farm Care HomeGood22 Apr 2025Dorset
Forest Hill House Nursing HomeGood9 Dec 2024Dorset
The Old VicarageGood7 Nov 2023North Northamptonshire

Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
16 Mar 2011
Beds
24
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-123459744

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.