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?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
St Marks Court is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 3 other homes in Gateshead.
98% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Marks Court is a 60-bed nursing home in Gateshead, run by Akari Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Gateshead are smaller: the median there is 40 beds.
27 of Akari Care Limited’s 28 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. 3 other homes in Gateshead share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2026. 84% of homes in Gateshead also score 5. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2022, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in January 2022.
