SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?78%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
Medicines optimisationExceptional
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?92%★Outstanding
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Assessing needsGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Consent to care and treatmentExceptional
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentExceptional
How staff, teams and services work togetherExceptional
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?80%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
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?79%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 7 exceptional. 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. ?
Penley Grange is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 6 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Penley Grange is one of 125 care homes in Buckinghamshire: a 6-bed residential care home in Stokenchurch, run by Centurion Health Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Buckinghamshire, where the median is 30 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from September 2025, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For effective, the rating was Outstanding. Its previous rating, in January 2023, was Inadequate, so the home has improved. That is more recent than most ratings in Buckinghamshire, where the typical rating is about 6 years old. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 7 were exceptional.
2 of Centurion Health Care Limited’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in April 2022. 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire score the top mark of 5. Across Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
