SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?Good
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 Beeches is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 6 other homes in Stoke-on-Trent.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Beeches is a 40-bed residential care home in Stoke-on-Trent, run by Kirklands Care Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with mental health needs. The typical home in Stoke-on-Trent has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in November 2023. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Before that, in March 2022, it was rated Requires improvement. The typical rating in Stoke-on-Trent is about 6 years old, so this one is fairly recent.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2026. That is true of 97% of homes in Stoke-on-Trent. 6 other homes in Stoke-on-Trent share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Kirklands Care Limited runs 3 care homes, and 2 of the 3 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
