St Mary's Court
Deanery Hill, Braintree, CM7 5SR · Essex · East of England
90 beds · operated by GCH (New OPCO) Limited, part of Gold Care Homes
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 7 years old, and 2 of this operator's 4 rated homes are below Good.
- Age of rating
- 7 years old — published 8 Nov 2018. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 4 of GCH (New OPCO) 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 question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 8 Nov 2018 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 8 Nov 2018 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 8 Nov 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 8 Nov 2018 |
| Well-led | Outstandingrating 3+ yrs old | 8 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 — 3 other locations
Other active services registered to GCH (New OPCO) Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Acton Care Centre | Good4 Nov 2025 | Ealing |
| Hatfield Nursing Home | Requires improvement7 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| The New Deanery Care Home | Requires improvement31 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Essex |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- Beds
- 90
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-19609222985
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.