Residential care home · Devon

Dennyshill Care Home

Glenthorne Road, Duryard, Exeter, EX4 4QU

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 1 month ago No registered manager

CQC rating

Good
Published 25 September 2026 Rated 1 month ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 8 good
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Person-centred careGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
    • Learning, improvement and innovationGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 33 good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • January 2020GoodSECRW
  • April 2017GoodSECRW
  • November 2015GoodSECRW

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Devon

Dennyshill Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 188 other homes in Devon. 90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 21 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 28 (9%)
  • Good 189 (62%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 28 (9%)
  • Inadequate 2 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 18 (6%)

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Dennyshill Care Home in brief

Dennyshill Care Home is a 9-bed residential care home in Exeter, Devon, run by Mrs T Hibberd. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. It is a small home for Devon, where the median is 25 beds.

There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2025. 86% of homes in Devon also score 5. In Devon, 90% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).

CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in September 2026. Its rating before that, in January 2020, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Devon, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. CQC scored 33 standards, and every one was good.