Care home · Wokingham

Cornerways

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 10 July 2019 Rating 7 years old

Typical fee here £1,400–£1,710 a week Estimate

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Address
32 Arbor Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5JD
Run by
Voyage 1 Limited (278 services)
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Residential care home
Beds
8 (registered with CQC)
Nursing care
No, residential care only (CQC registration)
Dementia
Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
Registered with CQC
December 2010 (15 years)
Part of
Voyage
Registered manager
Ligia-Camelia Birt
Company check
Active, trading since 1988 (38 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02215899)
Last CQC check
10 Jul 2019
Typical fees Estimated
£1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate

Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-129459299

An overview of Cornerways

Cornerways is a CQC-registered residential care home in Wokingham, run by Voyage 1 Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults under 65, including people living with learning disabilities.

At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (July 2019). It is one of 4 CQC-registered care homes in and around Winnersh; 3 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

History with CQC

Registered in December 2010, it has 15 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

No new overall rating has been published for 7 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.

CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 10 July 2019.

Specialisms

Registration details from CQC.

Budgeting for this home

We estimate Cornerways at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.

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Reading Cornerways's CQC ratings

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Cornerways: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 33 of the 42 other care homes in Wokingham that CQC has rated.

What CQC's inspectors reported

  • The service applied the principles and values of Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance.
  • These ensure that people who use the service can live as full a life as possible and achieve the best possible outcomes that include control, choice and independence.
  • The outcomes for people using the service reflected the principles and values of Registering the Right Support by promoting choice and control, independence and inclusion.
  • People's support focused on them having as many opportunities as possible for them to gain new skills and become more independent.

Inspected 4 June 2019; report published 10 July 2019. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.

How it fits locally

There are 20 other care homes within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Abbeyfield Winnersh, 0.6 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (5 of the nearest 25).

14 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Winnersh ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Thames Valley ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a shop (4 min), a park (4 min), a café (3 min), a bus stop (5 min) and a railway station (5 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Rating history

  1. Aug 2016 Good
  2. Jul 2019 Good
  3. Today Rating 7 years old

Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.

Reports on the CQC website

Finding it

Ward
Winnersh
Parliamentary constituency
Wokingham
NHS planning area
NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
Type of area
Urban; nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in RG41 (6)

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Nearby

  • Bus stop 360 m (5 min walk) · 11 stops within 600 m
  • Railway station Winnersh, 440 m (5 min walk)
  • GP surgery Westfield Road Surgery, 490 m (6 min walk)
  • Shop Winnersh Food & Wine, 330 m (4 min walk)
  • Park Winnersh Meadows, 290 m (4 min walk)
  • Café Cafe6, 280 m (3 min walk)
  • Place of worship St Mary the Virgin, 460 m (6 min walk)
  • Library Winnersh Library, 400 m (5 min walk)

Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.

Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.

The registered provider

Cornerways is run by Voyage 1 Limited (company 02215899), incorporated in 1988, 22 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 care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).

Voyage 1 Limited runs 280 CQC-registered services across 87 council areas; 244 of the 268 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (91%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.

4 of its services are in Wokingham.

It trades under the Voyage brand, which covers 320 services run by 13 registered providers.

CQC ratings, area by area

  • SafeGood38 of 43 in Wokingham
  • EffectiveGood33 of 43 in Wokingham
  • CaringGood41 of 43 in Wokingham
  • ResponsiveGood34 of 43 in Wokingham
  • Well-ledGood34 of 43 in Wokingham

Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 10 July 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Wokingham share it.

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Where Cornerways stands locally

  • Rated Good. Across Wokingham, 93% of the 43 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (July 2019) is more recent than 51% of care home ratings in Wokingham.
  • With 8 beds it is smaller than 73% of care homes in Wokingham, where the typical home has 16.
  • Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 53% of care homes in the area.
  • It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Wokingham lists 3.

Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Wokingham. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.

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Cornerways: common questions

What type of care does Cornerways provide?
Registration for Cornerways covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
Is Cornerways registered with CQC?
Cornerways is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-129459299) and was rated Good overall in July 2019.
Where is Cornerways based?
It is at 32 Arbor Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5JD.
How recent is Cornerways's CQC rating?
Its current CQC rating dates from 10 July 2019, 7 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
Can Cornerways care for someone with dementia?
It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
Which provider runs Cornerways?
The registered provider is Voyage 1 Limited, according to CQC.
How big is Cornerways?
Cornerways has 8 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
How did Cornerways score on each CQC key question?
By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
What are Cornerways's fees?
No fee list from Cornerways has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.

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