Care home · Sheffield
Darnall Grange
Illustrative photo, not of Darnall Grange- Address
- 84 Poole Road, Darnall, Sheffield, S9 4JQ
- Run by
- S & S Healthcare Limited
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 60 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Part of
- Hermes Care Group
- Registered manager
- Akbar Ali
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1994 (32 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02924205)
- Last CQC check
- 13 Jul 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,720 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-119175302
The service in brief
Darnall Grange in Sheffield is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by S & S Healthcare Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia and mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (July 2026). It is one of 14 CQC-registered care homes in and around Waverley; 14 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
CQC's scores in detail
Each area below is made up of several quality statements, each scored 1 to 4 by CQC; the percentage combines those scores for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Darnall Grange scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 20 April 2026, published 13 July 2026, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Past CQC ratings
- Feb 2015
- Nov 2015
- Sep 2017
- Mar 2018
- Nov 2018
- Feb 2022
- Jul 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 3 February 2022
- CQC inspection report 6 November 2018
- CQC inspection report 9 March 2018
- CQC inspection report 21 September 2017
- CQC inspection report 4 November 2015
- CQC inspection report 19 February 2015
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 19 June 2025 by Sheffield. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Darnall Grange Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Darnall
- Council
- Sheffield City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sheffield South East
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
Larger map · How to get there · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Within walking distance
- Bus stop 110 m (1 min walk) · 25 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Darnall, 130 m (2 min walk)
- GP surgery Darnell Primary Health Care Centre, 280 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Weldricks Pharmacy, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Shop Fresh Potraviny, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Park 570 m (7 min walk)
- Café Chaii Nastha, 350 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Library Darnall Library, 390 m (5 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
The registered provider
Darnall Grange is run by S & S Healthcare Limited (company 02924205), incorporated in 1994, 16 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.
Its registered business activity is medical nursing home activities.
It trades under the Hermes Care Group brand, which covers 8 services run by 6 registered providers.
Likely fees
We estimate Darnall Grange at £1,400–£1,720 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Sheffield Council for a free care needs assessment.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- Accommodation is provided over two floors, accessed by a lift.
- Who the service is for The service supports older people, younger people and people living with dementia.
- The service also had 20 beds commissioned for people who had been discharged from hospital and required rehabilitation support and to recuperate in a care environment.
- One relative said, “[Family member] is very safe because there is always staff around and [family member] has an alarm mat.” Another relative said, “[Family member] is definitely safe and I ask [family member] if they are alright and they answer me with a smile.” Relatives told us the service was kept clean.
Inspected 20 January 2022; report published 3 February 2022. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Around Sheffield
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Darnall View Residential Home, under 0.5 miles away.
Its rating is more recent than any of the 23 nearest rated care homes.
It sits in Darnall ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS South Yorkshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (4 min), a park (7 min), a café (4 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Reading Darnall Grange's CQC ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Darnall Grange: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 79 of the 106 other care homes in Sheffield that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
Darnall Grange over the years
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 3 February 2022.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score86 of 107 in Sheffield
- Effective75% score95 of 107 in Sheffield
- Caring75% score92 of 107 in Sheffield
- Responsive75% score95 of 107 in Sheffield
- Well-led75% score80 of 107 in Sheffield
CQC key question ratings, published 13 July 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Sheffield share it.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Darnall Grange 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.
Darnall Grange in local context
- Rated Good. Across Sheffield, 85% of the 107 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2026) is more recent than 86% of care home ratings in Sheffield.
- With 60 beds it is larger than 77% of care homes in Sheffield, where the typical home has 35.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 77% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Sheffield lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Sheffield, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Darnall Grange: common questions
- What is Darnall Grange's address?
- It is at 84 Poole Road, Darnall, Sheffield, S9 4JQ.
- Is Darnall Grange registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Darnall Grange as a care home, location ID 1-119175302 and was rated Good overall in July 2026.
- What type of care does Darnall Grange provide?
- Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Darnall Grange how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Can Darnall Grange care for someone with dementia?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- When did CQC last rate Darnall Grange?
- The latest rating is dated 13 July 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- How big is Darnall Grange?
- CQC capacity for Darnall Grange: 60 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Which provider runs Darnall Grange?
- CQC lists S & S Healthcare Limited as the provider responsible for Darnall Grange.
- How much does Darnall Grange charge?
- We don't have published prices from Darnall Grange yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,115 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How is Darnall Grange rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Darnall Grange: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
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