Meadow Acres
7 Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, AL5 5TA · Hertfordshire · East of England
What the record says
Rated Requires improvement overall, and 2 of this operator's 25 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement, published 6 Mar 2026CaringRequires improvement, published 6 Mar 2026ResponsiveRequires improvement, published 6 Mar 2026Well-ledRequires improvement, published 6 Mar 2026
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 25 of Caretech Community Services (No.2) Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 8
- Registered with CQC
- 25 Nov 2010
- Run by
- Caretech Community Services (No.2) Limited
- Part of
- CareTech Community Services · 152 services
- Phone
- 01582768098
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 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvement | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Effective | Good | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Caring | Requires improvement | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Responsive | Requires improvement | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 6 Mar 2026 |
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 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 25 other locations
Other active services registered to Caretech Community Services (No.2) Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Albert House | Good, published 30 Sep 2017rating 3+ yrs old | Bedford |
| Ashwood Place | Good, published 13 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Caretech Community Services (No 2) Limited - 100 Woodcote Grove Road | Good, published 12 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Croydon |
| Caretech Community Services (No 2) Limited - 22 Prices Avenue | Good, published 11 Aug 2023 | Kent |
| Caretech Community Services (No 2) Limited - 42 Russell Lane | Good, published 24 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Barnet |
| Caretech Community Services (No 2) Limited - 88 Park Road | Good, published 10 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Barnet |
| Cedar House | Inadequate, published 24 Mar 2026 | Barnet |
| Church Lane | Good, published 14 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Kingston House | Good, published 26 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| La Marsh | Good, published 29 Nov 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Cambridgeshire |
| Magnolia House | Good, published 12 Jun 2026 | Kent |
| May Lodge | Good, published 26 May 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
…and 13 more. See the full group view.
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 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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Other services in Harpendenregistered for at least one of the same groups this service supports, listed with the strongest CQC ratings first. A place to look around — not a recommendation, and not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- Sunny View HouseHarpenden · 1 bedsGood, published 30 Nov 2023
- Willow CourtHarpenden · 81 bedsGood, published 18 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Harpenden SpringsHarpenden · 75 bedsNot yet rated
- Lea Grange Care HomeHarpenden · 63 bedsNot yet rated
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-133442300
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.