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Care home

Fordrough Cottage

312-314, Birmingham, B31 3PU · Birmingham · West Midlands

4 beds · operated by Forward Plus West Midlands Ltd

CQC overall rating
Good5 Nov 2022rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (5 Nov 2022), and the rating is 3 years old.

Below Good on
Well-ledRequires improvement5 Nov 2022rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
3 years old — published 5 Nov 2022. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
All 2 of Forward Plus West Midlands 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.

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 old5 Nov 2022
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old5 Nov 2022
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old5 Nov 2022
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old5 Nov 2022
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old5 Nov 2022

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 — 1 other location

Other active services registered to Forward Plus West Midlands Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Supported Living West MidlandsGood24 Sep 2024Birmingham

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

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
12 Sep 2018
Beds
4
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-5134518090

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.