Maycroft Care Home

73 High Street, Meldreth, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 6LB

01763260217

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

10 December 2025

Provider

Maycroft Care Home Limited

Beds

25 beds

About Maycroft Care Home

Maycroft Care Home is a residential care home located in Cambridgeshire, East of England. Its registered care categories include dementia, older people, physical disabilities, sensory impairments, and younger adults. The home has 25 beds. CQC records an overall rating of Good, published in March 2026. The home is operated by Maycroft Care Home Limited.

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 25 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · SG8 6LB

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Assessment published 19 March 2026. Assessment date recorded: 10 December 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 19 March 2026. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Maycroft Care Home is a residential care service that provides accommodation and personal care for up to 25 people. At the time of our inspection there were 21 people living at the service.
We carried out this inspection to follow up on concerns. This was prompted by a high number of concerns within the providers other services across the country and the significant time that has passed since our last rated inspection in 2018.
At our last inspection the service was rated good.
The assessment was unannounced and was carried out by 1 inspector, and 2 Experts by Experience. An Expert by Experience is a person who has personal experience of using or caring for someone who uses this type of care service.
The assessment started on 6 January 2026 and ended on 29 January 2026. We gathered information from people who used the service, family members, the registered manager and care staff working at the service. We undertook a comprehensive assessment looking at all the quality statements.
During the inspection, we spoke with 11 people who use the service, 15 family members, the registered manager, operations director, and 8 members of staff.
We used the Short Observational Framework for Inspection (SOFI). SOFI is a way of observing care to help us understand the experience of people who could not talk with us. We reviewed a range of records. This included people’s care and medicine records. We looked at staff files in relation to recruitment and staff supervision. A variety of records relating to the management of the service were reviewed.
People received safe and effective care and were protected from the risk of avoidable harm.
People received their medicines as prescribed. There were good systems to protect people from the risk of infection and cross contamination and staff followed good practice. The service was clean, fresh and well-maintained. There were systems in place for the safe recruitment of staff.
People and their relatives were involved in their pre-admission assessment, care planning and the management of individual risks. Staff received regular training and had their competencies checked. Staff spoke favourably of the management team and felt listened to and consulted.
The provider’s monitoring systems worked well and identified areas for improvement.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Good

Read Maycroft Care Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Maycroft Care Home, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Maycroft Care Home, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Maycroft Care Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

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