Care home · Nottingham
Sheepwalk House
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- 39 Sheepwalk Lane, Ravenshead, Nottingham, NG15 9FD
- Run by
- Creative Care (East Midlands) Limited (10 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 6 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Mary Ann Haywood
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2005 (21 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05522412)
- Last CQC check
- 14 Oct 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-137960728
An overview of Sheepwalk House
Sheepwalk House is a CQC-registered residential care home in Nottingham, run by Creative Care (East Midlands) Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults under 65, including people living with learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (October 2025).
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score206 of 257 in Nottinghamshire
- Effective75% score216 of 257 in Nottinghamshire
- Caring80% score225 of 257 in Nottinghamshire
- Responsive75% score221 of 257 in Nottinghamshire
- Well-led71% score187 of 257 in Nottinghamshire
Source: CQC, published 14 October 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Nottinghamshire share it.
Sheepwalk House over the years
CQC registration dates from December 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
Reports on record: 4, with the most recent dated 22 August 2018.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- Right Support: People were encouraged to lead their lives in their chosen way and took control of decisions about their care.
- People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
- Staff understood and managed risk while supporting people to take part in activities in their local community and try new things.
- People at Sheepwalk House were not able to give us their view of living at the service.
Inspected 17 July 2018; report published 22 August 2018. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Around Nottingham
There are 12 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Portland College, 1.3 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (7 of the nearest 25).
7 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Newstead Abbey ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (5 min), a café (9 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Sheepwalk House: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 186 of the 256 other care homes in Nottinghamshire that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 80% and its lowest is Well-led at 71%, averaging 75% overall.
Likely fees
We estimate Sheepwalk House at £1,130–£1,380 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Nottinghamshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
The company behind Sheepwalk House
Sheepwalk House is run by Creative Care (east Midlands) Limited (company 05522412), incorporated in 2005, 5 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 care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.
Creative Care (East Midlands) Limited runs 10 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 9 of the 10 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (90%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
9 of its services are in Nottinghamshire.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
Scores behind the rating
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, Sheepwalk House 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 80%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity4 · Exceptional
- 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 71%
- 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 sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 4 July 2025, published 14 October 2025, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Earlier inspections
- Mar 2016
- Aug 2018
- Oct 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 22 August 2018
- CQC inspection report 12 March 2016
- Inspection report 10 May 2013
- Inspection report 17 May 2012
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Newstead Abbey
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- NHS planning area
- NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NG15 (18)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 230 m (3 min walk) · 9 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Ravenshead Surgery, 820 m (10 min walk)
- Pharmacy Peak Pharmacy, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Rose's Pantry, 420 m (5 min walk)
- Café Ravenshead Farm Shop Coffee Shop, 760 m (9 min walk)
- Place of worship St Peter's Church Ravenshead, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Library Ravenshead Library, 420 m (5 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
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Sheepwalk House: common questions
- Is Sheepwalk House a registered provider?
- Sheepwalk House is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-137960728) and was rated Good overall in October 2025.
- Where is Sheepwalk House?
- It is at 39 Sheepwalk Lane, Ravenshead, Nottingham, NG15 9FD.
- What type of care does Sheepwalk House provide?
- Sheepwalk House is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- When was Sheepwalk House last inspected?
- The rating now shown was published on 14 October 2025, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Does Sheepwalk House support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- Who is the registered provider for Sheepwalk House?
- Creative Care (East Midlands) Limited is the registered provider for Sheepwalk House.
- How big is Sheepwalk House?
- CQC capacity for Sheepwalk House: 6 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- How is Sheepwalk House 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 much does Sheepwalk House charge?
- Sheepwalk House's prices aren't on our site yet. Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
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