Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe environmentsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
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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?0%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?0%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?61%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 23 good, 10 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. ?
Nazareth House - Cheltenham is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 24 other homes in Gloucestershire.
87% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Nazareth House - Cheltenham
Nazareth Care Charitable Trust runs Nazareth House - Cheltenham, a residential care home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with room for 63 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people. That is larger than most homes in Gloucestershire, where the typical home has 25 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in February 2023, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Gloucestershire, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 10 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (some shortfalls).
About 0.7 km away, Charlton Kings Care Home is rated Good. It is one of 9 homes run by Nazareth Care Charitable Trust. 6 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. In Gloucestershire, 87% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in July 2026. That is true of 91% of homes in Gloucestershire.
