Care home · Congleton
Clayton Manor
Typical fee here £1,420–£1,730 a week Estimate
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- Rood Hill, Congleton, CW12 1YZ
- Run by
- Avery Homes (Nelson) Limited (17 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 75 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Garden
- Garden for residents (as stated on averyhealthcare.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- November 2014 (11 years)
- Part of
- Avery
- Registered manager
- Sandra Ludlow
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2008 (18 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06655187)
- Last CQC check
- 31 Dec 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,420–£1,730 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-1770791756
About this home
Clayton Manor in Congleton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Avery Homes (Nelson) Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (December 2019). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 8 CQC-registered care homes in and around Congleton; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Needs it is registered to meet
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
The inspection, summarised
- We found that some aspects of the safety of people's care could be improved, although people and relatives we spoke with told us the service provided safe care.
- We found that some aspects of risk management needed to be made more robust.
- Service governance, including ensuring robust monitoring, record-keeping and implementing of lessons learned, needed to be improved to underpin a consistently safe, quality service.
- Following a few changes in service leadership, a new manager had been appointed and became registered with the Care Quality Commission shortly after our visit.
Inspected 27 November 2019; report published 31 December 2019; supporting 67 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe64 of 96 in Cheshire East
- Effective80 of 96 in Cheshire East
- Caring87 of 96 in Cheshire East
- Responsive82 of 96 in Cheshire East
- Well-led23 of 96 in Cheshire East
Source: CQC, published 31 December 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Cheshire East share it.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Looking at the five areas: Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Cheshire East, 23 of 96 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
If you are considering it, read the Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
How its rating has changed
- Jul 2017
- Jul 2019
- Dec 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 31 December 2019
- CQC inspection report 23 July 2019
- CQC inspection report 8 July 2017
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 20 January 2025 by Cheshire East. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Clayton Manor Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Congleton West
- Council
- Cheshire East Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Congleton
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in CW12 (8)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 270 m (3 min walk) · 13 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Congleton, 1.9 km
- GP surgery Lawton House Surgery, 840 m (10 min walk)
- Pharmacy Tesco Pharmacy, 250 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Tesco, 240 m (3 min walk)
- Park 170 m (2 min walk)
- Café Costa Drive Thru, 260 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Rood Lane Methodist Church, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Library Congleton Library, 590 m (7 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
What it may cost
We estimate Clayton Manor at £1,420–£1,730 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £74k–£90k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Cheshire East Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Who runs it
Clayton Manor is run by Avery Homes (nelson) Limited (company 06655187), incorporated in 2008, 6 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Avery Homes (Nelson) Limited runs 17 CQC-registered services across 13 council areas; 14 of the 17 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (82%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
It trades under the Avery brand, which covers 100 services run by 40 registered providers.
The local picture
There are 7 other care homes within 3 miles, 5 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Applecroft Residential Care Home, 0.6 miles away.
13 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Congleton West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (3 min), a park (2 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
How long it has been running
Clayton Manor has been registered with CQC since November 2014, about 11 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2017–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
6 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
The CQC website holds 3 reports for it, the latest from 31 December 2019.
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Frequently asked about Clayton Manor
- How much does care from Clayton Manor cost?
- Clayton Manor has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,205 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Is Clayton Manor rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How many beds does Clayton Manor have?
- CQC capacity for Clayton Manor: 75 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who runs Clayton Manor?
- Clayton Manor is run by Avery Homes (Nelson) Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- Is Clayton Manor registered for dementia care?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- When was Clayton Manor last inspected?
- 31 December 2019 is when the current rating was published, 6 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- What type of care does Clayton Manor provide?
- Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Clayton Manor how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Where is Clayton Manor?
- It is at Rood Hill, Congleton, CW12 1YZ.
- Is Clayton Manor a registered provider?
- Yes. Clayton Manor is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-1770791756) and was rated Good overall in December 2019.
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