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Clayton Lodge

Long Lane, Huddersfield, HD8 9PR · Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber

40 beds · operated by WCG Clayton Ltd

CQC overall rating
Good21 Feb 2018rating 3+ yrs old

CQC marks this as an inherited rating — carried over from the location's previous registration (for example after a change of ownership), not from an inspection of the current registration.

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but Responsive is Requires improvement (21 Feb 2018), the rating is 8 years old, and 1 of this operator's 2 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
ResponsiveRequires improvement21 Feb 2018rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
8 years old — published 21 Feb 2018. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
1 of 2 of WCG Clayton Ltd's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Feb 2018
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Feb 2018
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Feb 2018
ResponsiveRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old21 Feb 2018
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Feb 2018

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 — 1 other location

Other active services registered to WCG Clayton Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Clayton HouseInadequate25 Apr 2024Kirklees

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
26 Sep 2025
Beds
40
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-23564643774

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.