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Care home

The Highlands

Durham Road, Chester Le Street, DH3 1LY · Gateshead · North East

14 beds · operated by Pathways Care Group Limited, part of Salutem Bid Co Ltd

CQC overall rating
Good9 Nov 2018rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 7 years old.

Age of rating
7 years old — published 9 Nov 2018. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
All 16 of Pathways Care Group Limited's rated homes are Good or better. 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 old9 Nov 2018
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Nov 2018
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Nov 2018
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Nov 2018
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Nov 2018

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 — 15 other locations

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

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Fair Haven Care HomeGood9 Jun 2026West Northamptonshire
FairholmeGood24 Aug 2022rating 3+ yrs oldSouth Tyneside
Famille HouseGood4 Apr 2025Leicestershire
GreenwaysGood28 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs oldHarrow
Harmony HouseGood5 Mar 2020rating 3+ yrs oldSouth Tyneside
Honeysuckle FarmGood31 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs oldLeicestershire
NewlandsGood15 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs oldEssex
RosedeneGood6 Mar 2018rating 3+ yrs oldWorcestershire
SouthleighGood8 Jan 2020rating 3+ yrs oldNorth Northamptonshire
Stanway VillaGood6 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs oldEssex
The KnollGood5 Apr 2024Southend-on-Sea
Thurston HouseGood8 Jun 2019rating 3+ yrs oldMilton Keynes

…and 3 more. See the full group view.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
26 Nov 2010
Beds
14
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-127514150

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.