CQC rating
Good
Published 4 July 2025
Rated 1 year ago ?
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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- Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
- 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?75%Good
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- 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?71%Good
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- Person-centred careSome shortfalls
- Care provision, integration and continuityGood
- Equity in accessGood
- Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
- Listening to and involving peopleGood
- 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: 31 good, 2 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. ?
Earlier ratings ?
- January 2022Inspected, no new rating
- August 2018GoodSECRW previous owner
The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.
Read the full report on the CQC website ↗
How it compares in Middlesbrough
Fountains Court is in the Good tier ?, with 33 other homes in Middlesbrough.
95% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
- Outstanding 2 (4%)
- Good, with Outstanding areas 3 (7%)
- Good 34 (74%)
- Good, with an area to improve 1 (2%)
- Requires improvement 2 (4%)
- Not yet rated 4 (9%)
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Fountains Court at a glance
Maven Healthcare (Fountains) Limited runs Fountains Court, a residential care home in Middlesbrough with room for 43 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
Its CQC rating, from July 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Its rating before that, in August 2018, was the same. The typical rating in Middlesbrough is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 2 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “person-centred care”.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in March 2026. That is true of 100% of homes in Middlesbrough. Across Middlesbrough, 95% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
