Highcroft House
Care home in Four Oaks, Birmingham
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About
Highcroft House is a residential care home in Four Oaks, Birmingham, registered to provide care for up to 6 residents. The home supports adults with learning disabilities and mental health conditions, offering person-centred care tailored to individual needs.
The home is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission, with all key questions—Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led—marked as Good in the 2019 inspection report.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 8 May 2019 · Last inspected 26 March 2019
Highcroft House is a residential home offering personal and nursing care for up to nine people with learning or physical disabilities or long-term conditions. Inspectors found that people were supported according to their abilities and preferences, and that staff were kind, caring and respectful. The home was rated Good, and the report describes its leadership as positive.
- Medicines are handled safely in line with good practice, and stock and return procedures have been strengthened since the last inspection.
- Staff understand safeguarding, and individual risks are identified with written guidance for managing them.
- Staff have the skills and knowledge to meet people's needs, and new staff receive a detailed induction before supporting people.
- Staff are described as kind and compassionate, protect people's privacy and dignity, and involve people in decisions and activities.
- The home was registered before current best-practice guidance, so it was not originally designed around values such as choice, independence and inclusion, though inspectors found people were given such choices.
Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.
Food hygiene rating
Very good
Food Standards Agency · inspected February 2026
What's nearby
- Set back from main road noise
Straight-line distances. Road and rail noise from government strategic noise mapping (modelled, not measured). A&E departments from the NHS website. Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseAmple
- Public ParkSparse
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldSparse
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAdequate
- Restaurants & CafesAdequate
- Retail ShoppingAdequate
- SupermarketsAmple
- TakeawaysSparse
Local crime statistics
66 recorded crimes in the local area (July 2026)
Top categories:
Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile
Fees and funding
| Care type | Weekly fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care | Fees on request | — |
- Funding accepted
- Not stated
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Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £814 |
| 2025 | £874 |
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Local health safety net
Highcroft House is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Good Hope Hospital, 2.2 miles away. The local GP practice is BLACKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, 1.8 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Community & connection in Four Oaks
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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