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 Lawns Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 3 other homes in Darlington.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Highgate Care Services Ltd, The Lawns Care Home is a residential care home in Darlington with 62 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Darlington are smaller: the median there is 40 beds.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in November 2025. 92% of homes in Darlington also score 5. 3 other homes in Darlington share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Highgate Care Services Ltd runs 9 care homes, and 5 of the 9 rated are Good or Outstanding. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2022. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. Before that, in April 2022, it was rated Inadequate.
