SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?★Outstanding
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
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. ?
Run by Methodist Homes, Queens Court is a residential care home in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire with 55 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Cambridgeshire has 35 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2026. 88% of homes in Cambridgeshire also score 5. Across Cambridgeshire, 92% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest. Methodist Homes runs 69 care homes, and 60 of the 69 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in January 2020. It was Outstanding for caring and responsive as well. For safe, effective and well-led, the rating was Good. Before that, in June 2017, it was rated Good. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 64% of homes in Cambridgeshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.
