Whitwood Hall
Whitwood Lane, Castleford, WF10 5QD · Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber
16 beds · operated by Living Ambitions Limited, part of Lifeways Community Care
Diligence verdict
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 4 years old, and 1 of this operator's 15 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement16 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs oldEffectiveRequires improvement16 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs oldResponsiveRequires improvement16 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement16 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 4 years old — published 16 Oct 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 1 of 15 of Living Ambitions 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 | 16 Oct 2021 |
| Effective | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 16 Oct 2021 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 16 Oct 2021 |
| Responsive | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 16 Oct 2021 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 16 Oct 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 — 16 other locations
Other active services registered to Living Ambitions Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Living Ambitions - Newcastle | Good14 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Northumberland |
| Living Ambitions Chester | Good19 Jan 2024 | Warrington |
| Living Ambitions Limited (Doncaster) | Good10 Mar 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Doncaster |
| Living Ambitions Limited - 231 Stafford Road | Good16 Feb 2024 | Sutton |
| Living Ambitions Limited - 32 Ringstead Road | Good26 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Sutton |
| Living Ambitions Limited - 330 Guildford Road | Good20 Oct 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Surrey |
| Living Ambitions Limited - 330a Guildford Road | Good4 Jun 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Surrey |
| Living Ambitions Limited - 63a Victoria Avenue | Good12 Jul 2023 | Sutton |
| Living Ambitions Limited - 89 Grosvenor Avenue | Good6 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Sutton |
| Living Ambitions Limited - Essex | Not Rated | Essex |
| Living Ambitions Limited - Staffordshire | Good2 Feb 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Living Ambitions North East Lincolnshire | Not yet rated | North East Lincolnshire |
…and 4 more. See the full group view.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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See a sample and order →- Registered with CQC
- 10 Sep 2012
- Beds
- 16
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-469879943
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.