SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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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
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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?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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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
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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: 30 good, 3 exceptional. 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. ?
Finborough Court is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 5 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Pilgrims' Friend Society runs Finborough Court, a residential care home in Stowmarket, Suffolk with room for 32 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2025. 92% of homes in Suffolk also score 5. 5 other homes in Suffolk share its tier, “Good, with Outstanding areas”. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 12 homes run by Pilgrims' Friend Society. 10 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
CQC last rated the home in June 2026, giving it Good overall. Safe, effective, responsive and well-led were also Good. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. Its rating before that, in November 2017, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Suffolk, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 3 were exceptional.
