SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?★Outstanding
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?★Outstanding
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
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. ?
Briardene Care Home is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 2 other homes in Stockton-on-Tees.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited, Briardene Care Home is a nursing home in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees with 34 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2025. 100% of homes in Stockton-on-Tees also score 5. 2 other homes in Stockton-on-Tees share its tier, “Outstanding”. Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited runs 210 care homes, and 175 of the 198 rated are Good or Outstanding. It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in March 2019. It was Outstanding for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Good. That is up from Good in August 2016. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 24% of homes in Stockton-on-Tees. Here is how rating age varies by council.
