Highfield Care Home
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Highfield Care Home is an established, purpose-built facility offering a range of care services, including residential, nursing, and dementia care. The home…
- Care home
- Highfield Care Home
- Location
- Saffron Walden, Essex, Saffron Walden, CB11 4AQ
- Care types
- Nursing, Dementia
- CQC rating
- Good
- Latest CQC inspection
- 25 July 2018
- Beds
- 60
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01799 524936
- CQC location ID
- 1-2907731103
Rated 5/5 from 8 Google reviews.
What families say
Families praise the friendly and caring nature of the staff at Highfield Care Home, who are able to support not only residents but also their families. The home's warm and welcoming environment is frequently mentioned, with staff going out of their way to make residents feel at home. The quality of care, including…
What the CQC says
Rated Good by the CQC on 13 February 2024.
Good — the service is performing well and meeting CQC’s expectations. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Requires improvement — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Good — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Good — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Good — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating improved from Requires improvement to Good (previously rated September 2017).
- Improved: Effective (Requires improvement → Good), Caring (Requires improvement → Good), Responsive (Requires improvement → Good), Well-led (Requires improvement → Good).
- Still needs work: Safe — Requires improvement.
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 22 September 2026.
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