Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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 Ridings is one of 131 care homes in Oxfordshire: a 48-bed residential care home in Banbury, run by Anchor Hanover Group. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia.
101 of Anchor Hanover Group’s 118 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The Julie Richardson Nursing Home, 1.5 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2025. 88% of homes in Oxfordshire also score 5. 14 other homes in Oxfordshire share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
CQC last rated the home in November 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. Caring was rated Good. Its previous rating, in May 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped.
