The Meadows
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The Meadows is a residential care home located in Instow, Bideford, Devon, providing personal care and support to individuals with learning disabilities…
- Care home
- The Meadows
- Location
- Anstey Way, Instow, Bideford, Devon, EX39 4JE, Bideford, EX39 4JE
- Care types
- Residential
- CQC rating
- Good
- Latest CQC inspection
- 23 November 2020
- Beds
- 14
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- (01271) 861124
- CQC location ID
- 1-120687727
Rated 4/5 from 4 Google reviews.
What families say
Families praise The Meadows as a lovely care home where staff demonstrate a genuine interest in the well-being of residents. The staff's caring attitude and dedication to their roles are particularly appreciated. Overall, families feel that the home provides a supportive environment for their loved ones.
What the CQC says
Rated Good by the CQC on 8 January 2021.
Good — the service is performing well and meeting CQC’s expectations. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Good — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Requires improvement — 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 May 2020).
- Improved: Safe (Requires improvement → Good), Well-led (Requires improvement → Good).
- Still needs work: Effective — Requires improvement.
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 14 September 2026.
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