Residential care home · Cambridgeshire

Maycroft Care Home

73 High Street, Meldreth, Royston, SG8 6LB

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 7 months ago

CQC rating

Good
Published 19 March 2026 Rated 7 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 8 below good
    • Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
    • 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: 32 good, 1 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • March 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • March 2021Inspected, no new rating
  • August 2018GoodSECRW
  • March 2016GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Cambridgeshire

Maycroft Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 89 other homes in Cambridgeshire. 92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 9 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (5%)
  • Good 90 (68%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 9 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 10 (8%)
  • Not yet rated 7 (5%)

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Maycroft Care Home at a glance

Maycroft Care Home is a 25-bed residential care home in Royston, Cambridgeshire. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.

In March 2026, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its rating before that, in August 2018, was the same. Ratings in Cambridgeshire are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “safe environments”, one of 1 standards out of 33 scored below good.

89 other homes in Cambridgeshire share its tier, “Good”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2025. That is true of 88% of homes in Cambridgeshire. The nearest home with a higher rating is Aurora Orchard Manor Transition Service (Outstanding), 0.2 km away.