Darlington Manor
70 Falmer Road, Darlington, DL1 4AZ · Darlington · North East
60 beds · operated by Manor Care Home Group
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 Effective is Requires improvement (7 Dec 2019), the rating is 5 years old, and 1 of this operator's 4 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- EffectiveRequires improvement7 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 5 years old — published 19 Nov 2020. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 1 of 4 of Manor Care Home Group's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.
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 | 19 Nov 2020 |
| Effective | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 7 Dec 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 7 Dec 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 7 Dec 2019 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 19 Nov 2020 |
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 — 3 other locations
Other active services registered to Manor Care Home Group. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Acorn Grange | Good17 May 2023rating 3+ yrs old | County Durham |
| Ella McCambridge | Requires improvement28 Dec 2023 | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Garden Lodge | Good20 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- Beds
- 60
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-18244813145
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.