Care home · Bicester
Cherwood House Care Centre
Typical fee here £1,660–£2,030 a week Estimate
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- Address
- Buckingham Road, Caversfield, Bicester, OX27 8RA
- Run by
- Ellenbern Holdings Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 119 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Susan Varghese
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1961 (65 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 00695422)
- Last CQC check
- 29 May 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-112828458
Cherwood House Care Centre at a glance
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Cherwood House Care Centre is based in Bicester, run by Ellenbern Holdings Limited. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (May 2019). It is one of 4 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bicester; 3 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe102 of 119 in Oxfordshire
- Effective107 of 119 in Oxfordshire
- Caring103 of 119 in Oxfordshire
- Responsive95 of 119 in Oxfordshire
- Well-led86 of 119 in Oxfordshire
As rated by CQC, published 29 May 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Oxfordshire share it.
Inspection findings in brief
- People's experience of using this service: People living at Cherwood House received safe care from skilled and knowledgeable staff.
- People told us they felt safe receiving care from the service.
- Staff understood their responsibilities to identify and report any concerns.
- The provider had safe recruitment and selection processes in place.
Inspected 14 May 2019; report published 29 May 2019; supporting 84 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The registered provider
Cherwood House Care Centre is run by Ellenbern Holdings Limited (company 00695422), incorporated in 1961, 49 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Rating history
- Aug 2015
- Dec 2017
- May 2018
- May 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 29 May 2019
- CQC inspection report 25 May 2018
- CQC inspection report 1 December 2017
- CQC inspection report 14 August 2015
- Inspection report 18 March 2014
- Inspection report 11 May 2013
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 10 October 2025 by Cherwell. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Cherwood House Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Bicester North and Caversfield
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock
- Integrated care board
- NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 330 m (4 min walk) · 2 stops within 600 m
- Park 360 m (5 min walk)
- Café Auto Wax Works, 840 m (10 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Cherwood House Care Centre at £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£106k.
NHS-funded nursing care covers part of the nursing cost for eligible residents and is paid directly to the home.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Oxfordshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Reading Cherwood House Care Centre's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Cherwood House Care Centre: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 85 of the 118 other care homes in Oxfordshire that CQC has rated.
How it fits locally
There are 3 other care homes within 3 miles, 2 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Launton Grange Care Home, 0.7 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (2 of the nearest 8).
3 of the 7 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Bicester North and Caversfield ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Thames Valley ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a park (5 min) and a bus stop (4 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Needs it is registered to meet
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2019), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
The rating is 7 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 29 May 2019.
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Where Cherwood House Care Centre stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Oxfordshire, 87% of the 119 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 13 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2019) is more recent than 26% of care home ratings in Oxfordshire.
- With 119 beds it is larger than 99% of care homes in Oxfordshire, where the typical home has 48.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 77% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Oxfordshire lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Oxfordshire, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Cherwood House Care Centre questions answered
- How did Cherwood House Care Centre score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Cherwood House Care Centre: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does care from Cherwood House Care Centre cost?
- We don't have published prices from Cherwood House Care Centre yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Which provider runs Cherwood House Care Centre?
- CQC lists Ellenbern Holdings Limited as the provider responsible for Cherwood House Care Centre.
- How big is Cherwood House Care Centre?
- Cherwood House Care Centre has 119 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- When was Cherwood House Care Centre last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 29 May 2019, 7 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Does Cherwood House Care Centre support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- Is Cherwood House Care Centre registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Cherwood House Care Centre as a care home, location ID 1-112828458 and was rated Good overall in May 2019.
- Where is Cherwood House Care Centre?
- It is at Buckingham Road, Caversfield, Bicester, OX27 8RA.
- What services is Cherwood House Care Centre registered for?
- Registration for Cherwood House Care Centre covers: nursing homes. Check which of these it offers today.
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Source: the CQC register as of Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0), with our own analysis. Anything marked "in the provider's own words" comes from the provider. The Care Panel does not provide care.