SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
5 Whitby Road Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 22 other homes in North Yorkshire.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
5 Whitby Road Care Home is one of 196 care homes in North Yorkshire: a 37-bed residential care home in Pickering, run by North Yorkshire Council. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in August 2019. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in January 2017, was the same. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 49% of ratings in North Yorkshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 11 of North Yorkshire Council’s 11 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2025. That is true of 94% of homes in North Yorkshire. Across North Yorkshire, 86% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
