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?★Outstanding
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Thorndale is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 4 other homes in Sunderland.
93% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Thorndale is one of 86 care homes in Sunderland: a 6-bed residential care home in Sunderland, run by North East Autism Society. It is registered to care for people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Sunderland, where the median is 34 beds.
In Sunderland, 93% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 0.2 km away, Beechwood is rated Outstanding. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. North East Autism Society runs 15 care homes, and 14 of the 15 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in May 2018. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and well-led as well. For responsive, the rating was Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from December 2015. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 43% of homes in Sunderland. Here is how rating age varies by council.
