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. ?
Willowthorpe Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 22 other homes in Hertfordshire.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Colleycare Limited, Willowthorpe Care Home is a residential care home in Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire with 56 registered beds. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Hertfordshire has 30 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2019, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in September 2017. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 53% of ratings in Hertfordshire are as old (how rating age varies by council).
It is one of 19 homes run by Colleycare Limited. 14 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Belmont View (Outstanding), 1.9 km away. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in March 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in Hertfordshire. Across Hertfordshire, 76% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
