GoodSafe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: GoodRated 5 years ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNew owner since February 2024
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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?Good
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 February 2024. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Darlington Manor is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 3 other homes in Darlington.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Manor Care Home Group, Darlington Manor is a residential care home in Darlington with 60 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Darlington has 40 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in October 2025. 92% of homes in Darlington also score 5. In Darlington, 86% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Manor Care Home Group has run the home since February 2024, when it changed owner. 3 of Manor Care Home Group’s 4 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC's latest rating, from November 2020, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Effective was rated Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Before that, in December 2019, it was rated Requires improvement. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 32% of homes in Darlington. Here is how rating age varies by council.
