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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
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%).
Chilton Croft Nursing Home is one of 182 care homes in Suffolk: a 32-bed nursing home in Sudbury, run by Chilton Care Homes Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability.
Hazell Court, 0.6 km away, is the closest home rated Good. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. 92% of homes in Suffolk also score 5. In Suffolk, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC's latest rating, from March 2023, is Requires improvement overall. 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.