The Paddocks Care Home
45 Cley Road, Swaffham, PE37 7NP · Norfolk · East of England
What the record says
Rated Inadequate overall.
- Below Good on
- SafeInadequate, published 9 Dec 2025EffectiveRequires improvement, published 9 Dec 2025CaringRequires improvement, published 9 Dec 2025ResponsiveRequires improvement, published 9 Dec 2025Well-ledInadequate, published 9 Dec 2025
- This operator's rated services
- Of The Paddocks Care Home Ltd's 2 rated homes, 1 is below Good — this one.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home with nursing
- Beds
- 100
- Registered with CQC
- 13 Jan 2011
- Run by
- The Paddocks Care Home Ltd
- Phone
- 01760722920
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 with 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 | Inadequate | 9 Dec 2025 |
| Effective | Requires improvement | 9 Dec 2025 |
| Caring | Requires improvement | 9 Dec 2025 |
| Responsive | Requires improvement | 9 Dec 2025 |
| Well-led | Inadequate | 9 Dec 2025 |
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 — 1 other location
Other active services registered to The Paddocks Care Home Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| The Mayfields Care Home | Good, published 14 May 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Norfolk |
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
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- 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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Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other care homes with nursing within 10 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.
- Holmwood House Care Centreabout 0.3 miles · Swaffham · 62 bedsGood, published 16 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Meadow House Nursing Homeabout 0.7 miles · Swaffham · 38 bedsOutstanding, published 27 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Oak Manor Nursing Homeabout 8.8 miles · Dereham · 61 bedsNot yet rated
- Oak Manor Nursing Homeabout 8.8 miles · Dereham · 61 bedsGood, published 10 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-125602127
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.