SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?69%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
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?0%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?0%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Essex Care Consortium - Marks Tey is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in Colchester, Essex, Essex Care Consortium - Marks Tey is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 13 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is on the small side.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2026. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5. Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. It is one of 3 homes run by Essex Care Consortium Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC last rated the home in May 2026, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in November 2023, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. That is more recent than most ratings in Essex, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. 10 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
