Residential care home · Birmingham

The Royd

27 Selborne Road, Birmingham, B20 2DN

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 7 months ago

The Royd is a residential care home in Birmingham in Birmingham, run by Lifeways Community Care Limited. CQC registers it for 16 places and supports older people, younger adults and people with mental health needs.

Its latest CQC rating, published January 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was rated Good for effective, caring and responsive. For comparison, 77% of care homes in Birmingham are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 30 January 2026 Rated 7 months ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Read the full inspection report on cqc.org.uk ↗

How it compares in Birmingham

The Royd is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 53 other homes in Birmingham. Of the 246 rated care homes here, 77% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 3 (1%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 6 (2%)
  • Good 139 (51%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 41 (15%)
  • Requires improvement 54 (20%)
  • Inadequate 3 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 25 (9%)

Half of Birmingham's ratings are more than 6.6 years old. How tiers work

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The provider's other homes

Lifeways Community Care Limited runs 18 care homes registered with CQC: 12 Good, 6 Requires improvement.

  • Abbeymoor Neurodisability Centre
    Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead · NE16 3DZ · Nursing home · 36 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 months ago
  • Barleycombe
    Sudbury, Suffolk · CO10 9HE · Residential care home · 11 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 months ago
  • Bulwell
    Nottingham · NG6 7GH · Residential care home · 22 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 months ago
  • Cambridge Park
    Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames · TW1 2JU · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Elm Tree House
    Rochdale · OL12 7PB · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Kingdom House
    Sheffield, Rotherham · S13 9WB · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 11 months ago

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