SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?Good
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 Dales Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Devon.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
An independent nursing home in Exeter, Devon, The Dales Nursing Home is run by an organisation of the same name. It has 31 beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2026. 86% of homes in Devon also score 5. 19 other homes in Devon share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The Lodge, 1.4 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in January 2020. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from April 2017. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 51% of ratings in Devon are as old (how rating age varies by council).
