Care home · Rugeley
Copperdown Residential Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Copperdown Residential Care Home- Address
- 30 Church Street, Rugeley, WS15 2AH
- Run by
- Stoneleigh Care Homes Limited (3 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 29 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Susan Davies
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2002 (24 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04504245)
- Last CQC check
- 11 Mar 2021
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,210–£1,470 a week for residential care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-145731702
About this home
Copperdown Residential Care Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Rugeley, run by Stoneleigh Care Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities and mental health conditions.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Requires improvement overall (March 2021). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 11 CQC-registered care homes in and around Rugeley; 7 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
Copperdown Residential Care Home has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2014–2021), starting at Inspected but not rated; it has gone up 1 and down 2 times, and is now Requires improvement.
No new overall rating has been published for 5 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 11 March 2021.
Choice nearby
There are 10 other care homes within 3 miles, 7 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Lanrick Cottage, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (6 of the nearest 25).
16 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Western Springs 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 Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a shop (2 min), a park (4 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What inspectors found
- However, we found that audit systems in place could not sufficiently identify the numbers of medicines people had in stock.
- Relatives gave positive feedback on the care that their loved ones received.
- The provider was given further guidance on infection control procedures in the home.
- The overall rating for the service has changed from good to requires improvement.
Inspected 28 January 2021; report published 11 March 2021; supporting 29 people at the time. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe51 of 235 in Staffordshire
- Effective207 of 235 in Staffordshire
- Caring224 of 235 in Staffordshire
- Responsive209 of 235 in Staffordshire
- Well-led71 of 235 in Staffordshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 11 March 2021. Under each rating: how many care homes in Staffordshire share it.
Who they support
As listed with the regulator.
Costs to expect
We estimate Copperdown Residential Care Home at £1,210–£1,470 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £63k–£76k.
Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Staffordshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
The registered provider
Copperdown Residential Care Home is run by Stoneleigh Care Homes Limited (company 04504245), incorporated in 2002, 8 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Stoneleigh Care Homes Limited runs 3 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 2 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (67%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
Rating history
- Jul 2014
- Nov 2015
- Sep 2017
- Oct 2018
- Mar 2021
- Today Rating 5 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 11 March 2021
- CQC inspection report 24 October 2018
- CQC inspection report 9 September 2017
- CQC inspection report 30 November 2015
- Inspection report 2 September 2014
- CQC inspection report 16 July 2014
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 25 August 2026 by Cannock Chase. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Copperdown Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Western Springs
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cannock Chase
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent 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 WS15 (13)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 90 m (1 min walk) · 20 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Rugeley Town, 850 m (11 min walk)
- GP surgery Chinese Medical Centre, 410 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Hagley News, 150 m (2 min walk)
- Park Elmore Park, 280 m (4 min walk)
- Café The Hub, 260 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Victory Church, 270 m (3 min walk)
- Library Rugeley Library, 350 m (4 min walk)
Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Reading Copperdown Residential Care Home's CQC ratings
Looking at the five areas: Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Staffordshire, 51 of 235 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (22%), while 71 of 235 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (30%).
The Safe and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Copperdown Residential Care Home on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
Where Copperdown Residential Care Home stands locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Staffordshire, 78% of the 235 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 8 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (March 2021) is more recent than 45% of care home ratings in Staffordshire.
- With 29 beds it is larger than 50% of care homes in Staffordshire, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 71% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Staffordshire lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (22% of care homes in Staffordshire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (31% of care homes in Staffordshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Staffordshire (Oct 2026).
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Quick answers about Copperdown Residential Care Home
- What is Copperdown Residential Care Home's address?
- It is at 30 Church Street, Rugeley, WS15 2AH.
- Is Copperdown Residential Care Home a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records Copperdown Residential Care Home as a care home, location ID 1-145731702 and was rated Requires improvement overall in March 2021.
- What type of care does Copperdown Residential Care Home provide?
- Registration for Copperdown Residential Care Home covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Can Copperdown Residential Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- When was Copperdown Residential Care Home last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 11 March 2021, 5 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- How big is Copperdown Residential Care Home?
- Copperdown Residential Care Home has 29 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who runs Copperdown Residential Care Home?
- Copperdown Residential Care Home is run by Stoneleigh Care Homes Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does care from Copperdown Residential Care Home cost?
- No fee list from Copperdown Residential Care Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- How is Copperdown Residential Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Copperdown Residential Care Home: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
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