Stepping Stones
Riverside Lane, Newnham, GL14 1JF · Gloucestershire · South West
33 beds · operated by Stepping Stones Resettlement Unit Limited, part of Cygnet Health Care
Diligence verdict
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 3 years old, and 1 of this operator's 5 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- ResponsiveRequires improvement24 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement24 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 3 years old — published 24 Feb 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 1 of 5 of Stepping Stones Resettlement Unit Limited'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 question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Feb 2023 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 13 Jul 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 13 Jul 2019 |
| Responsive | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Feb 2023 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 24 Feb 2023 |
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 — 4 other locations
Other active services registered to Stepping Stones Resettlement Unit Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Dean Grange | Good20 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Gloucestershire |
| Milestones | Good31 Oct 2017rating 3+ yrs old | Gloucestershire |
| Riverside House | Good8 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Gloucestershire |
| The Old Vicarage [Blakeney] | Good8 Dec 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Gloucestershire |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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See a sample and order →- Registered with CQC
- 20 Jan 2011
- Beds
- 33
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-126746256
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.