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Fairfield Manor Care and Nursing Home

Baycroft Fairfield, Hitchin, SG5 4SW · Central Bedfordshire · East of England

75 beds · operated by Country Court Care Homes 6 Limited, part of Country Court Care

CQC overall rating
Good9 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs old

CQC marks this as an inherited rating — carried over from the location's previous registration (for example after a change of ownership), not from an inspection of the current registration.

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 4 years old, and 1 of this operator's 5 rated homes are below Good.

Age of rating
4 years old — published 9 Dec 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
1 of 5 of Country Court Care Homes 6 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 questionRatingPublished
SafeGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Dec 2021
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Dec 2021
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Dec 2021
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Dec 2021
Well-ledGoodrating 3+ yrs old9 Dec 2021

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 — 5 other locations

Other active services registered to Country Court Care Homes 6 Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Baycroft FlitwickGood14 Nov 2025Central Bedfordshire
Carpenders ParkNot yet ratedHertfordshire
Fernleigh Court Care and Nursing HomeGood4 Mar 2026Bedford
Greenwood Court Care and Nursing HomeRequires improvement7 Nov 2024Essex
Pemberley Manor Care and Nursing HomeGood24 Feb 2026Bromley

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
9 Jan 2024
Beds
75
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-17708769137

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.