SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
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?75%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?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 5 below good. 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. ?
Stanway Villa is a 8-bed residential care home in Colchester, Essex, run by Pathways Care Group Limited. Its CQC registration covers people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is on the small side.
In August 2026, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. Its rating before that, in August 2019, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in Essex, where the typical rating is about 5 years old. 5 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “monitoring and improving outcomes”.
It is one of 16 homes run by Pathways Care Group Limited. 16 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
