St Marks Residential Care Home

38-40 Wellesley Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 3PW

01255421750

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

6 March 2023

Provider

St Marks Care Home Limited

Beds

17 beds

About St Marks Residential Care Home

St Marks Residential Care Home brings a sense of warmth and familiarity to residential care in Essex, offering a place where older people can feel genuinely at home. The team here understands how significant it is to find the right care setting, and they work to create an environment where residents feel comfortable, respected, and well looked after. For families exploring care options in the area, St Marks aims to be a reassuring presence in the local community.

St Marks Residential Care Home provides accommodation and personal care for up to 17 people aged 65 and over in one adapted building. The service supports people who are vulnerable due to their age and frailty, including those with varying levels of dementia-related needs. At the time of inspection, 14 people were using the service.

The inspection found improvements continued across the service, reflected in positive comments from people using the home and their relatives. However, the absence of effective governance systems impacted the service's ability to achieve an improved rating.

Source: CQC inspection report, 10 June 2023

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder people

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 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 17 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · CO15 3PW

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Dementia.

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: Requires improvement.

Rating report published 10 June 2023. Latest inspection date recorded: 6 March 2023.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Requires improvement
Caring: Requires improvement
Responsive: Requires improvement
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
Caring: How do staff protect privacy, dignity and each person’s choices?
Responsive: How are care plans, activities and complaints adapted to each resident?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read St Marks Residential 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 St Marks Residential 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 St Marks Residential 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 St Marks Residential 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.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees