Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↑ Up from InadequateNew owner since September 2025
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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. ?
The home changed owner in September 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
Chilton Croft Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by South Coast Care Homes Limited, Chilton Croft Nursing Home is a nursing home in Sudbury, Suffolk with 32 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in August 2022, was Inadequate, so the home has improved.
About 0.6 km away, Hazell Court is rated Good. It is one of 5 homes run by South Coast Care Homes Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The home changed owner in September 2025. Across Suffolk, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in May 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Suffolk.
