Which care providers in Pudsey appear on this page?

Three residential care homes in Pudsey match this search, and each is listed above with its own profile. All are registered to provide personal care and daily support rather than nursing on the premises. Every one of them currently holds a Good rating from the Care Quality Commission. Opening a profile shows the registration details and inspection history for that particular home.

What is the difference between a care home and a nursing home?

A residential care home provides personal care, supervision and support with daily living, delivered by trained care staff. Nursing needs are met there by visiting community health professionals such as district nurses. A nursing home employs registered nurses on duty around the clock and is registered to deliver clinical care itself, which suits people whose health needs are complex or unstable. All three providers matching this search in Pudsey are residential care homes, so continuous nursing care means comparing nursing registered homes instead.

What should I ask when visiting a care home in Pudsey?

Ask how many staff are on duty overnight as well as during the day, and how long the current team has been in post. Ask to see a sample care plan and find out how often plans are reviewed with the family as needs change. Questions about food repay asking, so check whether there is genuine choice at each meal and what happens if someone misses one. It is also worth asking how the home handles a complaint from a relative and where that is recorded.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Pudsey?

Contact the adult social care team at Leeds City Council and request a care needs assessment, which anyone appearing to need care and support may ask for. A GP, district nurse or hospital discharge team can refer, and a relative can make the request on someone's behalf. The assessment is free of charge and is not means tested, and it produces a written statement of eligible needs. Ask for a carer's assessment at the same time if a family member provides regular unpaid support.

Will Leeds City Council pay towards a care home placement?

It may, where the care needs assessment identifies eligible needs and the financial assessment shows capital below the national upper threshold. The council then contributes part of the weekly fee while the resident pays an assessed amount from income and savings. Above that threshold the placement is self funded, although the council can still be asked to arrange it. Where nursing care forms part of the package, NHS funded nursing care may cover the nursing element, so both routes are worth asking about.

How far ahead should we start looking at care homes in Pudsey?

With only three homes matching this search, availability will very likely decide the outcome, so two or three months of lead time is sensible wherever the move can be foreseen. An early start also allows repeat visits at different times of day, which is where the most dependable impressions come from. Where a hospital discharge or a carer's illness sets the timing, say so when requesting the assessment, because urgent cases are handled on a different footing. It is also worth asking each home whether it keeps a waiting list.

Care Homes in Pudsey

Pudsey has 4 CQC registered care homes. 4 are rated Good. 2 of the 4 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Pudsey at a glance

What the local numbers say about care for older people in Pudsey, to help you judge the options below.

Leeds City Council pays, residential care: £804 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,165 to £1,475, median £1,316
Care home beds filled across Leeds: 85%. The 12 month average is 85%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 82
People aged 75 and over: 66,900. Rising to 75,400 by 2035, up 13%
Care homes, last 12 months: 2 opened, 1 closed. 13 changed owner, covering 880 beds.
Who pays, across Leeds (estimate): 43% council, 34% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 8,700. Rising to 10,400 by 2035, up 19%
People aged 85 and over: 17,900. Rising to 24,300 by 2035, up 36%

Planned and recent building work within 5 miles

69 - 71 Pollard Lane Bradford West Yorkshire. Application for a 16 bed care home through a change of use. Submitted 7 January 2026. Approved 8 June 2026. (2.8 miles away)
Land South Of Kirkstall Lane Kirkstall Leeds Ls5 3Bh. Application for a 85 bed care home. Submitted 1 October 2026. Decision pending. (3 miles away)

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Choosing between the care homes in Pudsey

What these homes are registered to provide

Knowing what a home is registered for answers more questions than any brochure. The three providers matching this search in Pudsey are residential care homes, which means trained care staff supporting everyday living: help with washing and dressing, meals, prompting for medication, company and a dependable daily rhythm. Nursing reaches residents through visiting district nurses and their own GP rather than from nurses the home employs. Where health needs are continuous or liable to change without warning, a home holding a nursing registration is the better comparison, and settling that point first avoids visits that lead nowhere.

When every rating is the same

All three of these homes are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission, so the published ratings cannot separate them. The work therefore moves into the reports, which set out findings on whether a home is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led. Read the narrative rather than the summary, and check when the inspection took place, since a judgement given some years ago may describe a home that has changed hands or management since. With a field this small, your own impression on the day carries real weight.

What to notice once you are inside

Go at a mealtime, which reveals more in half an hour than a guided tour manages in two. Watch whether call bells are answered without fuss, whether residents look occupied rather than simply seated, and whether staff know something of people's working lives and families and not only their care needs. Ask how many staff are on duty overnight compared with the daytime, and what the turnover has been across the past year, since continuity of faces is what families most often name afterwards as having mattered.

Arranging care and working out who pays

The care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support can request a care needs assessment, and Leeds City Council holds the duty to carry one out. The assessment is free and is not means tested, a relative may ask for it on someone's behalf, and a referral can come through a GP, a community nurse or a hospital discharge team. Its written outcome records which needs are eligible, and it is worth obtaining even where a family fully intends to pay privately, because every home then starts from a clear account of what is required.

Fees and the points to settle in writing

A financial assessment follows, weighing capital and income against the national thresholds. Below the upper capital limit the council contributes towards the fees while the resident pays an assessed amount; above it the placement is funded privately, although the council can still be asked to arrange it. Weekly fees differ between homes according to the room, the facilities and the support required, so ask each for a written schedule showing what the headline figure covers and what is billed separately. Confirm what would happen if savings fell to the threshold during a stay, and whether the home takes council funded residents, which with only three options matters a great deal.

4 care homes in Pudsey

Acacia Court · Crawshaw Hill, Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 7BW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by WT NB OpCo 1 Limited
Acacia Court is a residential care home in Pudsey, supporting older people and younger adults from across Leeds, including many people living with dementia. Most people arrive here after a difficult stretch rather than at a moment of their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Airedale Residential & Dementia Home · Church Lane, Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 7RF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Airedale No1 Ltd
Airedale Residential and Dementia Home is in Pudsey, Leeds, and we support older people who need help with daily living, including those living with dementia, those living with mental ill health, those with physical disabilities and those...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Acacia Court · Crawshaw Hill, Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 7BW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by HC-One Limited
Acacia Court is a residential care home in Pudsey, Leeds, providing a permanent home for adults who need care and support with everyday life. We aim for a household where people are known properly rather than looked after efficiently. Our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Hutton Manor Care Home · Crawshaw Road, Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 7UB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by St Mary's (ASC) Limited
Hutton Manor is a residential care home in Pudsey caring for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with a physical disability and those with sight or hearing loss. We aim for a home where people are...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care

What care costs in Leeds, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care Yorkshire and The Humber figure, because too few Leeds homes publish this price. 14 homes. Median £1,316.	£804	£1,165 to £1,475
Nursing care England figure, because too few Leeds homes publish this price. 140 homes. Median £1,916.	£997	£1,600 to £2,071
Residential dementia care Yorkshire and The Humber figure, because too few Leeds homes publish this price. 13 homes. Median £1,399.	Not published separately	£1,199 to £1,581
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few Leeds homes publish this price. 75 homes. Median £2,050.	Not published separately	£1,890 to £2,221

Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

Inspected most recently

Hutton Manor Care Home, 16 February 2026, Good
Airedale Residential & Dementia Home, 18 December 2025, Good
Acacia Court, 14 December 2022, Good

Longest since a report

Acacia Court, 14 December 2022, Good
Acacia Court, 14 December 2022, Good
Airedale Residential & Dementia Home, 18 December 2025, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Pudsey

How many care homes are there in Pudsey?

Pudsey has 4 CQC registered care homes: 4 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a care home cost in Pudsey?

Leeds City Council pays an average of £804 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,165 to £1,475 a week. Yorkshire and The Humber figure, because too few Leeds homes publish this price. 14 homes. Median £1,316. Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price.

Which care homes in Pudsey were inspected most recently?

Hutton Manor Care Home (16 February 2026), Airedale Residential & Dementia Home (18 December 2025) and Acacia Court (14 December 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.

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