Sir Aubrey Ward House
Prospect Road, Marlow, SL7 2PJ · Buckinghamshire · South East
What the record says
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 4 years old, and 5 of this operator's 18 rated services are below Good — this one and 4 others.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement, published 25 Aug 2022rating 3+ yrs oldResponsiveRequires improvement, published 30 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement, published 25 Aug 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 4 years old — published 25 Aug 2022, and no newer rating had been published by 1 Sep 2026. A re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- This operator's rated services
- Of The Fremantle Trust's 18 rated services, 5 are below Good — this one and 4 others. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 60
- Registered with CQC
- 29 Nov 2010
- Run by
- The Fremantle Trust
- Part of
- The Fremantle Trust · 19 services
- Phone
- 01628890150
- Website
- www.fremantletrust.org
Contact details as recorded by CQC — we don’t hold fees, vacancies or waiting lists, so those are worth asking about directly.
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.
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Care home without nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 25 Aug 2022 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 25 Aug 2022 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 30 Apr 2019 |
| Responsive | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 30 Apr 2019 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 25 Aug 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 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 18 other locations
Other active services registered to The Fremantle Trust. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury Supported Living Service | Requires improvement, published 1 Jul 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Belgrave Lodge | Good, published 9 Feb 2024 | Buckinghamshire |
| Cherry Garth | Requires improvement, published 21 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Chesham Leys | Good, published 6 Jan 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Chesham Supported Living | Good, published 12 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Cotswold Cottage | Good, published 4 Apr 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Farnham Common House | Good, published 6 Mar 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Fremantle Court | Good, published 26 Aug 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| High Wycombe Supported Living | Good, published 5 Oct 2017rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Icknield Court | Requires improvement, published 26 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Lent Rise House | Good, published 6 Jul 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Lewin House | Good, published 28 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
…and 6 more. See the full group view.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
CQC publishes registrations and ratings. It holds nothing at all about fees, current vacancies, staffing levels, or the building itself — there is no field anywhere for door widths, hoists, wet rooms or ground-floor rooms. So no site, including this one, can tell you those. They are worth asking directly — the number is above.
- What are the fees, and what do they not include?
- Do you have a vacancy now, and would you hold a room?
- How many staff are on at night, and how are transfers staffed?
- What change in someone’s needs would mean they had to move, and can I see that in the contract?
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- Take the visit checklistWhat to look for and the questions to ask when you visit — the things a rating cannot tell you.
- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
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- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
- How to read this ratingWhat the words mean, the five key questions, and why the date matters.
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Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other care homes registered for care without nursing within 5 miles, registered for at least one of the same groups this service supports. Distance is straight line between registered addresses. Not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- White Lodge Care Homeabout 0.8 miles · Marlow · 23 bedsRequires improvement, published 4 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Meadowside Residential Care Homeabout 1 mile · Marlow · 14 bedsGood, published 5 Dec 2018rating 3+ yrs old
- Little Oaks Residential Homeabout 3.1 miles · High Wycombe · 30 bedsGood, published 3 Aug 2026
- Whincup Care Limitedabout 3.1 miles · High Wycombe · 6 bedsGood, published 6 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-124111711
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 1 Sep 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01 Sep 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.