SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 26 good, 7 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Upton Grange Residential Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 17 other homes in Cheshire East.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
What the data says about Upton Grange Residential Home
Upton Grange Residential Home is one of 101 care homes in Cheshire East: a 25-bed residential care home in Macclesfield, run by The Cheshire Residential Homes Trust. Its CQC registration covers older people. That is smaller than most homes in Cheshire East, where the typical home has 44 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in April 2026. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in April 2020, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. That is more recent than most ratings in Cheshire East, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC found some shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 7 standards out of 33 scored below good.
Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2025. That is true of 95% of homes in Cheshire East. In Cheshire East, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). 3 of The Cheshire Residential Homes Trust’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 1.1 km away, Hollins Park is rated Outstanding.
