SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
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
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?95%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?82%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Listening to and involving peopleExceptional
Person-centred careExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
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: 25 good, 7 exceptional, 1 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. ?
Stonecroft is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 5 other homes in Rotherham.
87% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by AmBience Healthcare Ltd, Stonecroft is a residential care home in Rotherham with 6 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Rotherham, where the median is 23 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from August 2026, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Outstanding. The typical rating in Rotherham is about 2 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 1 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “involving people to manage risks”.
AmBience Healthcare Ltd runs 3 care homes, and all 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. In Rotherham, 87% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2023. That is true of 100% of homes in Rotherham.
