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. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Kingsley Cottage is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 30 other homes in Staffordshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Kingsley Cottage is one of 268 care homes in Staffordshire: a 17-bed residential care home in Cannock, run by SS Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. SS Care Limited runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 1 rated are Good or Outstanding. In Staffordshire, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from November 2025. In Staffordshire, 85% of homes score 5.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2021. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in January 2020, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 51% of ratings in Staffordshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
