England

Rated:GoodResidential & Nursing

Woodside Grange Care Home

Teddar Avenue, Thornaby, Stockton On Tees, Cleveland, TS17 9JP

01642762029

Care Type

Residential & Nursing Care

Assessment date

18 July 2024

Provider

St. Martin's Care Limited

Beds

121 beds

Rating history

GoodOct 2015
Requires ImprovementJul 2016
GoodMar 2017
Requires ImprovementDec 2017
Requires ImprovementDec 2018
Requires ImprovementJan 2020
GoodJan 2021
GoodFeb 2025

Improved from Requires Improvement to Good in 2021. CQC has rated this home 8 times since 2015.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

Run by St. Martin's Care Limited, which runs 6 care homes in England: 6 rated Good.

Average care home fees in the North East: £897 a week for residential care and £1,164 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Woodside Grange Care Home

Woodside Grange Care Home is based in Stockton-on-Tees and offers both residential and nursing care. It supports older people, people living with dementia, and people with a learning disability or autism. Details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Woodside Grange Care Home provides accommodation, personal and nursing care for up to 121 people, including older people, those living with dementia and people with a learning disability or autism. The service currently supports 89 people. Following an assessment prompted by earlier safety and governance concerns, the CQC found significant improvements had been made and rated the home Good overall.

Inspectors found care records were detailed and person-centred, medicines management had improved, and the home was clean and safe. Staff were well trained, treated people with dignity and kindness, and worked well with the registered manager, who listened to concerns and acted on them. People and relatives spoke positively about the care, atmosphere and activities on offer.

Source: CQC assessment, 18 February 2025

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

Facilities & Amenities

Garden

Photographs of the home

Practical details from the provider

Bedrooms have en-suite or wetroom facilities, with lift access to all floors.
Shared amenities include a cinema area, hair salon, music zone, indoor garden, pub and pool table.

Published on the provider's website, checked 2 October 2026. Confirm arrangements with the home before deciding.

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 with nursing
Registered capacity: 121 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · TS17 9JP

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Learning disabilities; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities.

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 18 February 2025. Assessment date recorded: 18 July 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 18 February 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Woodside Grange Care Home is a care home providing accomodation, personal and nursing care to 89 people. This included older people, people living with a dementia and people with a learning disability or autism at the time of the assessment. The service can support up to 121 people. Dates of assessment 04 September 2024 to 07 October 2024. The assessment was undertaken in response to risks relating to people’s safety, infection prevention control procedures, governance and conduct of staff. We assessed the provider against all the quality statements in the safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led domains. The service has been rated good following this assessment. At this inspection we found the service had made significant improvements in relation to governance practices and medicines management. Care records provided detailed guidance to ensure people received safe, person-centred care and support from all members of staff. The recording of medicines administration had also improved. The home was clean, tidy and safe, infection control procedures were followed. The positive working relationship between the registered manager and the senior leadership team had enhanced the operational running of the service and helped boost staff morale. People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests. Staff were sufficiently trained and worked well with other healthcare professionals to ensure people’s needs were met. Staff spoke positively about working at the service and we observed people were treated with dignity, respect and kindness.

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

Read Woodside Grange Care Home's CQC record and reports.

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5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Woodside Grange 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 Woodside Grange 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 Woodside Grange 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