Residential care home · Oxfordshire

Enstone House

Cox Lane, Chipping Norton, OX7 4LF

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 12 July 2023 Rated 3 years ago ?
  • 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

Earlier ratings ?

  • June 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • April 2020Requires improvementSECRW
  • March 2019Requires improvementSECRW
  • July 2016GoodSECRW
  • June 2015Requires improvementSECRW

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How it compares in Oxfordshire

Enstone House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 14 other homes in Oxfordshire. 88% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 12 (9%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 17 (13%)
  • Good 70 (53%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 8 (6%)
  • Requires improvement 15 (11%)
  • Not yet rated 9 (7%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Beech Haven
    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire · OX7 5EE · Nursing home · 29 beds6.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • OSJCT Henry Cornish Care Centre
    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire · OX7 5AU · Nursing home · 50 beds6.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 7 years ago
  • Penhurst Gardens Care Home
    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire · OX7 5ED · Nursing home · 58 beds7.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Southerndown
    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire · OX7 5YF · Nursing home · 82 beds8.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Holt Farm Care Limited
    Bicester, Oxfordshire · OX25 5QQ · Residential care home · 6 beds8.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • OSJCT Spencer Court
    Woodstock, Oxfordshire · OX20 1JG · Residential care home · 46 beds10.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago

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Enstone House in brief

Enstone House is a 36-bed residential care home in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, run by Marcus Care Homes Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.

About 6.5 km away, Beech Haven is rated Good. Across Oxfordshire, 88% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2025. 88% of homes in Oxfordshire also score 5.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in July 2023. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in June 2021. That is more recent than most ratings in Oxfordshire, where the typical rating is about 6 years old.