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?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 Orchards Residential Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 43 other homes in Norfolk.
67% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Orchards Residential Care Home is an independent 13-bed residential care home in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. That is smaller than most homes in Norfolk, where the typical home has 29 beds.
43 other homes in Norfolk share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2025. 89% of homes in Norfolk also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in April 2020. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Before that, in March 2019, it was rated Requires improvement. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 46% of ratings in Norfolk are as old (how rating age varies by council).
