SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?Good
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. ?
Paddock Stile Manor is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 3 other homes in Sunderland.
93% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Paddock Stile Manor is one of 86 care homes in Sunderland: a 40-bed nursing home in Houghton-Le-Spring, run by Indigo Care Services Limited. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Indigo Care Services Limited runs 19 care homes, and 17 of the 19 rated are Good or Outstanding. In Sunderland, 93% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in March 2026. 96% of homes in Sunderland also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from July 2019, is Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in June 2018, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Sunderland, 43% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
