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. ?
Kentford Manor is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Kentford Manor is one of 182 care homes in Suffolk: a 88-bed nursing home in Newmarket, run by WT UK Opco 4 Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Suffolk, where the typical home has 36 beds.
CQC last rated the home in January 2023, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in May 2020, was the same.
WT UK Opco 4 Limited runs 29 care homes, and 26 of the 28 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in August 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Suffolk. Across Suffolk, 81% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
