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?Requires improvement
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. ?
Hill House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Devon.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Hill House is one of 306 care homes in Devon: a 30-bed residential care home in Exeter, run by Abbeyfield Society (The). Its CQC registration covers older people and younger adults.
In Devon, 90% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2026. 86% of homes in Devon also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 13 of Abbeyfield Society (The)’s 13 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups).
CQC's latest rating, from August 2022, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in April 2021.
