Care home · Attleborough

Fairland House

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 26 June 2025 Rating 1 year old

Typical fee here £1,310–£1,600 a week Estimate

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Address
Station Road, Attleborough, NR17 2AS
Run by
Hewitt-Hill Limited (4 services)
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Residential care home
Beds
34 (registered with CQC)
Nursing care
No, residential care only (CQC registration)
Dementia
Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
Garden
Garden for residents (as stated on ashleycaregroup.com)
En-suite rooms
En-suite rooms available (as stated on ashleycaregroup.com)
Registered with CQC
January 2011 (15 years)
Registered manager
Najma Mouttaqui-Karchaoui
Company check
Active, trading since 1993 (33 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02860569)
Last CQC check
26 Jun 2025
Typical fees Estimated
£1,310–£1,600 a week for residential care. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate

CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-125882155

About Fairland House

Fairland House in Attleborough is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Hewitt-Hill Limited. It is registered to support older people.

CQC rated it Good overall (June 2025). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 8 CQC-registered care homes in and around Attleborough; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Fairland House over the years

Fairland House has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.

CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2017–2025), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.

Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 8 September 2022.

Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led

  • SafeGood69% score179 of 290 in Norfolk
  • EffectiveGood71% score229 of 290 in Norfolk
  • CaringGood70% score246 of 290 in Norfolk
  • ResponsiveGood68% score232 of 290 in Norfolk
  • Well-ledRequires improvement62% score105 of 290 in Norfolk

Source: CQC, published 26 June 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Norfolk share it.

Around Attleborough

There are 7 other care homes within 3 miles, 5 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is St Elmos, under 0.5 miles away.

6 of the 13 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft 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 GP surgery (1 min), a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (5 min), a park (4 min), a café (5 min), a bus stop (6 min) and a railway station (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Likely fees

We estimate Fairland House at £1,310–£1,600 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.

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The registered provider

Fairland House is run by Hewitt-hill Limited (company 02860569), incorporated in 1993, 17 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.

Hewitt-Hill Limited runs 4 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 4 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (50%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

All 4 are in Norfolk, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.

Who the service is registered for

As listed with the regulator.

Detailed scores

Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Fairland House scores 68%.

Safe Good 69%
  • Learning culture3 · Good
  • Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
  • Safeguarding3 · Good
  • Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
  • Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
  • Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
  • Infection prevention and control3 · Good
  • Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective Good 71%
  • Assessing needs2 · Some shortfalls
  • 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 Good 70%
  • 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 enablement2 · Some shortfalls
Responsive Good 68%
  • Person-centred Care2 · Some shortfalls
  • Care provision, Integration and continuity2 · Some shortfalls
  • 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 Requires Improvement 62%
  • 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 sustainability1 · Significant shortfalls
  • Partnerships and communities2 · Some shortfalls
  • Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good

Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 8 January 2025, published 22 May 2024, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.

How its rating has changed

  1. Feb 2017 Requires improvement
  2. Mar 2018 Requires improvement
  3. Feb 2019 Requires improvement
  4. Feb 2020 Good
  5. Sep 2022 Good
  6. May 2024 Good
  7. Today Rating 1 year old

Published CQC ratings in date order.

Reports on the CQC website

Finding it

Ward
Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Norfolk
Local NHS (ICB)
NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board
ONS area type
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in NR17 (8)

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Close by

  • Bus stop 440 m (6 min walk) · 4 stops within 600 m
  • Railway station Attleborough, 110 m (1 min walk)
  • GP surgery Station Road Surgery, 70 m (1 min walk)
  • Pharmacy Allied Pharmacy, 460 m (6 min walk)
  • Shop Kissinger Estate Agents & Property Management, 410 m (5 min walk)
  • Park 320 m (4 min walk)
  • Café Black Door Eatery, 420 m (5 min walk)
  • Place of worship Saint Mary's Church, 370 m (5 min walk)
  • Library Attleborough Library, 410 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.

Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).

What CQC's inspectors reported

  • At the time of our latest assessment there was an acting manager and deputy manager in post who had made improvements including environmental improvements and higher standards of cleanliness.
  • People received their medicines in a timely way and improvements were noted in social activities and staffing levels.
  • Previous breaches of regulation 12 and 18 had been met.
  • Our observations on the 06 of March 2025 were that most people were supported to undertake planned activities and eat communally in the dining room at lunchtime.

Inspected 20 July 2022; report published 8 September 2022. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

Reading Fairland House's CQC ratings

For Fairland House, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.

Across Norfolk, 105 of 290 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (36%).

Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Effective at 71% and its lowest is Well-led at 62%, averaging 68% overall.

If you are considering it, read the Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.

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Fairland House against its area

  • Rated Good. Across Norfolk, 65% of the 289 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 18 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (June 2025) is more recent than 80% of care home ratings in Norfolk.
  • With 34 beds it is larger than 54% of care homes in Norfolk, where the typical home has 29.
  • Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 77% of care homes in the area.
  • It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Norfolk lists 3.
  • Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (42% of care homes in Norfolk are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.

Based on the CQC register for Norfolk as at Oct 2026.

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Quick answers about Fairland House

Does Fairland House support people with dementia?
Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
How recent is Fairland House's CQC rating?
CQC published the current rating on 26 June 2025, 1 year ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
What services is Fairland House registered for?
CQC lists Fairland House under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
What is Fairland House's address?
It is at Station Road, Attleborough, NR17 2AS.
Is Fairland House registered with CQC?
Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-125882155 and was rated Good overall in June 2025.
How much does Fairland House charge?
Fairland House's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
How is Fairland House rated for safety and leadership?
The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
How many residents can Fairland House take?
CQC registers Fairland House for 34 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
Who runs Fairland House?
The registered provider is Hewitt-Hill Limited, according to CQC.

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