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?79%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?89%★Outstanding
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Equity in accessExceptional
Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Providing InformationExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?96%★Outstanding
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Freedom to speak upGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Governance, management and sustainabilityExceptional
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: 19 good, 14 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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Sternhill Paddock is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 23 other homes in Nottinghamshire.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Sternhill Paddock is a 6-bed residential care home in Newark, Nottinghamshire, run by Creative Care (East Midlands) Limited. Its CQC registration covers younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Nottinghamshire, where the median is 26 beds.
CQC last rated the home in March 2026, giving it Outstanding overall. Caring, responsive and well-led were also Outstanding. CQC rated safe and effective as Good. That is up from Good in January 2019. That is more recent than most ratings in Nottinghamshire, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 14 were exceptional.
