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?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. ?
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. ?
Thurleston Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Suffolk.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Thurleston Residential Home is one of 182 care homes in Suffolk: a 37-bed residential care home in Ipswich, run by Minton Care Hotels Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Its kitchen was rated 1 for food hygiene in July 2026. In Suffolk, 92% of homes score 5. 29 other homes in Suffolk share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Henley House, 0.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good. It is one of 2 homes run by Minton Care Hotels Ltd. 1 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in July 2021, was Good, so the home has slipped.