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?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 Old Vicarage Care Home is in the Good tier ?, with 89 other homes in Cambridgeshire.
92% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by MD Care Homes Limited, The Old Vicarage Care Home is a residential care home in St Neots, Cambridgeshire with 19 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people. It is a small home for Cambridgeshire, where the median is 35 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 88% of homes in Cambridgeshire also score 5. Across Cambridgeshire, 92% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
In April 2019, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That is up from Requires improvement in August 2018. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 64% of homes in Cambridgeshire. Here is how rating age varies by council.
