The Old Vicarage Care Home
The Old Vicarage, Sherborne, DT9 6HL · Dorset · South West
41 beds · operated by Healthcare Homes Group Limited, part of Healthcare Homes
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but 4 of this operator's 29 rated homes are below Good.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 4 of 29 of Healthcare Homes Group 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 | Good | 1 Apr 2025 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 28 Mar 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 28 Mar 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 28 Mar 2019 |
| Well-led | Good | 1 Apr 2025 |
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 — 28 other locations
Other active services registered to Healthcare Homes Group Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Aldringham Court | Good6 Oct 2025 | Suffolk |
| Barking Hall Nursing Home | Good6 Mar 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Beaumont Park Nursing and Residential Home | Requires improvement15 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Central Bedfordshire |
| Bilney Hall | Good1 May 2026 | Norfolk |
| Claremont Nursing Home | Requires improvement3 Jul 2025 | Norfolk |
| Fornham House Residential Home | Good19 May 2026 | Suffolk |
| Foxgrove Residential Home | Outstanding23 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Haughgate House Nursing Home | Good22 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Hillcroft House | Good18 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| Home Close | Good5 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Cambridgeshire |
| Home Meadow | Good14 Sep 2023 | Cambridgeshire |
| Maynell House | Good17 Aug 2023 | Suffolk |
…and 16 more. See the full group view.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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See a sample and order →- Registered with CQC
- 1 Mar 2018
- Beds
- 41
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-4890026700
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.