SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?47%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?50%Requires improvement
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Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSignificant shortfalls
Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?61%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 13 good, 20 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. ?
Maria Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent residential care home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Maria Residential Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 8 beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. That is smaller than most homes in Buckinghamshire, where the typical home has 30 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. Caring was rated Good. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in June 2019. That is more recent than most ratings in Buckinghamshire, where the typical rating is about 6 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 20 fell below good. The lowest was “delivering evidence-based care and treatment” (significant shortfalls).
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire. In Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Ryeview Manor Care Home, 1.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
