Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: Requires improvementRated 2 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since August 2026
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?★Outstanding
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. ?
The home changed owner in August 2026. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
St Mary’s Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 49 other homes in Staffordshire.
78% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Mary’s Care Home is an independent 59-bed nursing home in Stone, Staffordshire, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Staffordshire are smaller: the median there is 28 beds.
St Mary’s Care Home (Stone) Limited has run the home since August 2026, when it changed owner. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 85% of homes in Staffordshire also score 5. In Staffordshire, 78% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is R M P Care - 49 Victor Street (Good), 0.3 km away.
CQC last rated the home in February 2024, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective and caring, the rating was Good. For responsive, the rating was Outstanding. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Good in January 2022. The typical rating in Staffordshire is about 5 years old, so this one is fairly recent.
