Highfield Care Home
9-11 Mandeville Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4AQ · Essex · East of England
60 beds · operated by Acer Healthcare Operations Limited, part of Maria Mallaband Care Group
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 2 years old.
- Age of rating
- 2 years old — published 15 Apr 2024. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 7 of Acer Healthcare Operations Limited's rated homes are Good or better. 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 | Good | 15 Apr 2024 |
| Effective | Good | 15 Apr 2024 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Sep 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Sep 2018 |
| Well-led | Good | 15 Apr 2024 |
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 — 6 other locations
Other active services registered to Acer Healthcare Operations Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Abingdon Court Care Home | Good6 Oct 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Oxfordshire |
| Appletree Court Care Home | Good12 Aug 2025 | Barnet |
| Cedar Court Care Home | Good5 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Surrey |
| Chestnut Court Care Home | Good29 Sep 2025 | Barking and Dagenham |
| Kents Hill Care Home | Good19 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Milton Keynes |
| Parkview House | Good26 Sep 2023 | Waltham Forest |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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See a sample and order →- Registered with CQC
- 23 Nov 2016
- Beds
- 60
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-2907731103
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.