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The Grove -2

2 The Grove, Bedford, MK45 5LX · Central Bedfordshire · East of England

7 beds · operated by MacIntyre Care, part of MacIntyre Care

CQC overall rating
Good21 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (21 Feb 2020), the rating is 6 years old, and 2 of this operator's 19 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
Well-ledRequires improvement21 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
6 years old — published 21 Feb 2020. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
2 of 19 of MacIntyre Care'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 questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Feb 2020
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Feb 2020
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Feb 2020
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old21 Feb 2020
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old21 Feb 2020

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 — 21 other locations

Other active services registered to MacIntyre Care. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
42a HaddonGood15 May 2019rating 3+ yrs oldMilton Keynes
Anvil CloseGood14 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs oldWandsworth
Ceely RoadGood10 Apr 2018rating 3+ yrs oldBuckinghamshire
Crosby CloseGood23 May 2019rating 3+ yrs oldHertfordshire
Daubeney GateGood25 Apr 2018rating 3+ yrs oldMilton Keynes
Hubbard CloseGood17 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs oldCentral Bedfordshire
MacIntyre Ampthill SupportNot RatedCentral Bedfordshire
MacIntyre Central HubGood2 Dec 2023Milton Keynes
MacIntyre HertfordshireRequires improvement17 Oct 2023Hertfordshire
MacIntyre LeicesterNot RatedLeicestershire
MacIntyre North West HubNot yet ratedWarrington
Marley GroveGood17 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs oldMilton Keynes

…and 9 more. See the full group view.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
23 Mar 2011
Beds
7
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-119129484

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.