Care home · Dereham
Eckling Grange
Typical fee here £1,350–£1,650 a week Estimate
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- Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 3BB
- Run by
- Eckling Grange Limited
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 251534)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 60 (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
- Elizabeth Treacy
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1965 (61 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 00853423)
- Last CQC check
- 2 Mar 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Personal care · Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-115269346
About Eckling Grange
Eckling Grange in Dereham is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Eckling Grange Limited. The service is registered to support older people and lists dementia and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (October 2026). It is one of 15 CQC-registered care homes in and around Dereham; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who runs it
Eckling Grange is run by Eckling Grange Limited (company 00853423), incorporated in 1965, 45 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 7 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
How long it has been running
Eckling Grange has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2026), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 2 March 2019.
Who it can help
Registration details from CQC.
What it may cost
We estimate Eckling Grange at £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £70k–£86k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Norfolk Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Eckling Grange: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 152 of the 289 other care homes in Norfolk 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.
What inspectors found
- Instead, our findings focus on any areas where the service needs to improve or where we found exceptional practice.
- People who used the service were supported by enough staff who had the skills and training to support them safely.
- Staffing was slightly reduced at weekends but was still in excess of the service’s own safe staffing levels.
- People and their relatives spoke very positively about the service.
Inspected 22 January 2019; report published 2 March 2019. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The local picture
There are 12 other care homes within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Walnut House, 0.7 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (5 of the nearest 21).
Its rating is more recent than any of the 20 nearest rated care homes.
It sits in Dereham Neatherd ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Norfolk and Suffolk ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a park (7 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe75% score179 of 290 in Norfolk
- Effective75% score229 of 290 in Norfolk
- Caring75% score246 of 290 in Norfolk
- Responsive75% score232 of 290 in Norfolk
- Well-led75% score153 of 290 in Norfolk
Source: CQC, published 30 October 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Norfolk share it.
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, Eckling 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
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 23 September 2026, published 30 October 2026, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Rating history
- Apr 2015
- Nov 2016
- Dec 2017
- Mar 2019
- Oct 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 2 March 2019
- CQC inspection report 12 December 2017
- CQC inspection report 24 November 2016
- CQC inspection report 13 April 2015
- Inspection report 15 July 2014
- Inspection report 2 May 2013
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 10 February 2026 by Breckland. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Eckling Grange Ltd"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Dereham Neatherd
- Council
- Norfolk County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NR20 (11)
Larger map · Directions · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Close by
- Bus stop 190 m (2 min walk) · 4 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Dereham, 1.4 km (17 min walk)
- Pharmacy Tesco Pharmacy, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Shop One Stop, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
- Park Neatherd Moor - Open Access Land, 570 m (7 min walk)
- Café Windmill Community Hall & Coffee Shop, 410 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 440 m (6 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
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How Eckling Grange compares
- Rated Good. Across Norfolk, 65% of the 289 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 18 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (October 2026) is more recent than 100% of care home ratings in Norfolk.
- With 60 beds it is larger than 87% of care homes in Norfolk, where the typical home has 29.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 82% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Norfolk lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Norfolk as at Oct 2026.
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Eckling Grange: common questions
- What are Eckling Grange's fees?
- Eckling Grange has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How is Eckling Grange rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How big is Eckling Grange?
- Eckling Grange has 60 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Which provider runs Eckling Grange?
- The registered provider is Eckling Grange Limited, according to CQC.
- Can Eckling 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 Eckling Grange?
- The latest rating is dated 30 October 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What services is Eckling Grange registered for?
- Registration for Eckling Grange covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Where is Eckling Grange based?
- It is at Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 3BB.
- Is Eckling Grange registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Eckling Grange as a care home, location ID 1-115269346 and was rated Good overall in October 2026.
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