SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?★Outstanding
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
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. ?
Sonning Gardens Care Home is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 3 other homes in Wokingham.
93% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Willow Tower Opco 1 Limited, Sonning Gardens Care Home is a nursing home in Reading, Wokingham with 103 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Wokingham has 16 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
It is one of 16 homes run by Willow Tower Opco 1 Limited. 15 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest. Across Wokingham, 93% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. 80% of homes in Wokingham also score 5.
CQC's latest rating, from June 2018, is Outstanding overall. It was Outstanding for effective, responsive and well-led as well. Safe and caring were rated Good. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Wokingham, 74% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).