Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 7 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since December 2024
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?Requires improvement
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 home changed owner in December 2024. 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 New Deanery Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 56 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by GCH (New OPCO) Limited, The New Deanery Care Home is a nursing home in Braintree, Essex with 93 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a physical disability. That is larger than most homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22 beds.
Across Essex, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2025. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5. 2 of GCH (New OPCO) Limited’s 4 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). GCH (New OPCO) Limited has run the home since December 2024, when it changed owner. St Mary's Court, 0.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in May 2019. It was Requires improvement for safe, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated effective and caring as Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Good in August 2016. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Essex, 48% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
