Residential care home · Norfolk

Homestead House

281 St Faiths Road, Old Catton, Norwich, NR6 7BQ

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 7 years ago

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 5 September 2019 Rated 7 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • 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?Requires improvement
  • 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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • July 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • December 2015GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Norfolk

Homestead House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 87 other homes in Norfolk. 67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 18 (6%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 12 (4%)
  • Good 123 (40%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (14%)
  • Requires improvement 88 (28%)
  • Inadequate 11 (4%)
  • Not yet rated 15 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • St Clements Nursing Home
    Norwich, Norfolk · NR3 4DG · Nursing home · 26 beds1.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Talbot Care Services Ltd
    Norwich, Norfolk · NR3 4HA · Residential care home · 16 beds1.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Gryphon Place
    Norwich, Norfolk · NR7 8TY · Nursing home · 7 beds2.0 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Redlands House
    Norwich, Norfolk · NR6 5PB · Residential care home · 41 beds2.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • The Warren
    Norwich, Norfolk · NR7 8AF · Residential care home · 44 beds2.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Kemps Place
    Norwich, Norfolk · NR3 3JQ · Residential care home · 30 beds2.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago

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Homestead House in brief

Homestead House is an independent 21-bed residential care home in Norwich, Norfolk, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.

87 other homes in Norfolk share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from December 2025. 89% of homes in Norfolk also score 5. St Clements Nursing Home, 1.8 km away, is the closest home rated Good.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2019. Safe, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective and caring, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from July 2018. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 46% of homes in Norfolk. Here is how rating age varies by council.