Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 1 year ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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SafeguardingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
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?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 28 good, 5 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. ?
Little Oldway is an independent 30-bed residential care home in Paignton, Torbay, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in November 2024. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in April 2019. Ratings in Torbay are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 5 fell below good. The lowest was “safeguarding” (significant shortfalls).
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 3 (generally satisfactory), from December 2025. 83% of homes in Torbay score the top mark of 5. Across Torbay, 80% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The nearest home with a higher rating is Kingsmount Residential Home (Good), 0.1 km away.
