SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?0%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?0%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?93%★Outstanding
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Learning, improvement and innovationExceptional
Partnerships and communitiesExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 5 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. ?
St Marys is one of 182 care homes in Suffolk: a 60-bed residential care home in Ipswich, run by Anchor Hanover Group. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. Most homes in Suffolk are smaller: the median there is 36 beds.
101 of Anchor Hanover Group’s 118 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Prince of Wales House (Outstanding), 5.7 km away. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in March 2026. 92% of homes in Suffolk also score 5. In Suffolk, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC last rated the home in February 2026, giving it Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Outstanding. Its rating before that, in December 2023, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Suffolk, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC scored 33 standards: 5 exceptional and the rest good.
