Residential care home · Telford and Wrekin

The Old School House

Old School House, 17 Church Street, Madeley, Telford, TF7 5BN

Requires improvement Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago ↑ Up from Inadequate

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 1 February 2024 Rated 2 years ago ?
  • 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?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2023InadequateSECRW
  • July 2022Requires improvementSECRW
  • May 2022InadequateSECRW
  • March 2022InadequateSECRW
  • February 2020GoodSECRW previous owner
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  • March 2019Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • August 2016GoodSECRW previous owner
  • September 2015Requires improvementSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Telford and Wrekin

The Old School House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 6 other homes in Telford and Wrekin. 80% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 1 (3%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 3 (8%)
  • Good 21 (57%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 3 (8%)
  • Requires improvement 7 (19%)
  • Not yet rated 2 (5%)

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The Old School House in brief

The Old School House is one of 37 care homes in Telford and Wrekin: a 7-bed residential care home in Telford, run by Eeze Old School House Ltd. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with a sensory impairment and people with an eating disorder. The typical home in Telford and Wrekin has 33 beds, so this one is on the small side.

The nearest home with a higher rating is The Willows (Good), 0.5 km away. In Telford and Wrekin, 80% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in February 2024. It was Requires improvement for responsive and well-led as well. For safe, effective and caring, the rating was Good. That is up from Inadequate in December 2023. That is more recent than most ratings in Telford and Wrekin, where the typical rating is about 5 years old.