SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?100%★Outstanding
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Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Responding to people's immediate needsExceptional
Treating people as individualsExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 5 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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 Old Vicarage is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 8 other homes in Derbyshire.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Old Vicarage is one of 243 care homes in Derbyshire: a 24-bed residential care home in Bakewell, run by Bakewell Vicarage Care Home Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in March 2025. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated caring as Outstanding. Before that, in December 2022, it was rated Requires improvement. Ratings in Derbyshire are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 5 of the 33 standards CQC scored were exceptional, and none fell below good.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in February 2026. That is true of 93% of homes in Derbyshire. 8 other homes in Derbyshire share its tier, “Good, with Outstanding areas”. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
