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?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. ?
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. ?
Denecroft Residential Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 41 other homes in Newcastle upon Tyne.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Denecroft Residential Care Home is a 15-bed residential care home in Newcastle upon Tyne, run by Sunny Okukpolor Humphreys. Its CQC registration covers older people. It is a small home for Newcastle upon Tyne, where the median is 35 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from November 2025. 90% of homes in Newcastle upon Tyne also score 5. Across Newcastle upon Tyne, 91% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Sunny Okukpolor Humphreys runs 4 care homes, and 3 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding.
In December 2023, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in August 2018.
