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. ?
Five Stacks Residential Care Centre is in the Good tier ?, with 237 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Five Stacks Residential Care Centre is one of 395 care homes in Essex: a 30-bed residential care home in Clacton On Sea, run by Five Stacks Residential Home Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs.
Its CQC rating, from May 2019, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Before that, in April 2018, it was rated Requires improvement. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Essex, 48% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in April 2025. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
