GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: GoodRated 5 years ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNew owner since June 2025
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?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
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 home changed owner in June 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
The Hawthorns is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 17 other homes in Cheshire East.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Croftwood Care (Cheshire) Limited, The Hawthorns is a residential care home in Wilmslow, Cheshire East with 39 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in April 2021. It was Good for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Requires improvement. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. Its previous rating, in December 2020, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Cheshire East, 46% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
In Cheshire East, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Cheshire East. It is one of 9 homes run by Croftwood Care (Cheshire) Limited. 8 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 4 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. The home changed owner in June 2025.
