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. ?
Valley Court is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 18 other homes in Sandwell.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Valley Court is a 69-bed nursing home in Cradley Heath, Sandwell, run by Pepperhall Limited. CQC registers it to look after older people. The typical home in Sandwell has 12 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 95% of homes in Sandwell also score 5. Across Sandwell, 73% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2023, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Before that, in April 2022, it was rated Requires improvement. Ratings in Sandwell are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most.
