Education and Services for People with Autism Limited - 7 The Cedars

Budgeting for this home

We estimate Education and Services for People with Autism Limited - 7 The Cedars at £1,070–£1,300 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £56k–£68k.

Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.

If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Sunderland Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.

How it fits locally

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 24 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Education and Services for People with Autism Limited - 8-8a The Cedars, under 0.5 miles away.

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

It sits in Grangetown 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 North East and North Cumbria ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (5 min), a shop (8 min), a park (3 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Who runs it

Education and Services for People with Autism Limited - 7 The Cedars is run by Education And Services For People With Autism Limited (company 02909953), 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, its confirmation statement is overdue, it has 7 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is other residential care and other social work without accommodation.

Education and Services for People with Autism Limited runs 17 CQC-registered services across 5 council areas; 17 of the 17 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.

8 of its services are in Sunderland.

History with CQC

CQC registration dates from January 2011, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2014–2020), 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.

5 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 16 April 2020.

Strengths and weak spots in the ratings

Looking at the five areas: Effective is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.

Across Sunderland, 3 of 87 rated care homes are Outstanding for Effective (3%).

Outstanding ratings for a single area are uncommon; the Effective section of the report gives examples of what inspectors saw.