The Mallards
161 Wootton Road, Kings Lynn, PE30 4DW · Norfolk · East of England
What the record says
Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (18 Jul 2018), the rating is 8 years old, and 1 of this operator's 2 rated homes is below Good.
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement, published 18 Jul 2018rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 8 years old — published 18 Jul 2018, 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 One Six One Limited's 2 rated homes, 1 is below Good — not this one. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 11
- Registered with CQC
- 15 Dec 2010
- Run by
- One Six One Limited
- Part of
- CareTech Community Services · 150 services
- Phone
- 01553676004
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 | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 18 Jul 2018 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 18 Jul 2018 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 18 Jul 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 18 Jul 2018 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 18 Jul 2018 |
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 One Six One Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| 244 Wootton Road | Requires improvement, published 15 May 2026 | 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 registered for care without 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.
- 244 Wootton Roadabout 0.4 miles · Kings Lynn · 3 bedsRequires improvement, published 15 May 2026
- Portland Streetabout 1.2 miles · Kings Lynn · 13 bedsGood, published 5 Jul 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Mandalayabout 8.3 miles · King's Lynn · 7 bedsRequires improvement, published 15 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Phoenix Houseabout 8.6 miles · Kings Lynn · 7 bedsGood, published 20 May 2025
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-131710187
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.