Care home · Redditch
Stonebridge Nursing Home
Top rated 2026 · one of the services in Worcestershire rated Outstanding by CQC
Illustrative photo, not of Stonebridge Nursing Home- Address
- 178-180 Birchfield Road, Headless Cross, Redditch, B97 4NA
- Run by
- Alexandra House Care Services Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 53 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- November 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Julia Foley
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2003 (23 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04795804)
- Last CQC check
- 1 Oct 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,380–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-110543345
Stonebridge Nursing Home at a glance
Stonebridge Nursing Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Redditch, run by Alexandra House Care Services Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia and mental health conditions.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Outstanding overall (October 2025). It is one of 11 CQC-registered care homes in and around Redditch; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
How long it has been running
Registered in November 2010, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Good and improving to Outstanding.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 9 December 2020.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe75% score133 of 156 in Worcestershire
- Effective75% score146 of 156 in Worcestershire
- Caring90% score6 of 156 in Worcestershire
- Responsive89% score9 of 156 in Worcestershire
- Well-led89% score8 of 156 in Worcestershire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 1 October 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Worcestershire share it; for example, 6 of 156 care homes in Worcestershire rated Outstanding for Caring.
The local picture
There are 12 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Brambles Residential Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
5 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Headless Cross & Oakenshaw ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (10 min), a shop (7 min), a park (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Ownership and company checks
Stonebridge Nursing Home is run by Alexandra House Care Services Limited (company 04795804), incorporated in 2003, 7 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.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
What it may cost
We estimate Stonebridge Nursing Home at £1,380–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £72k–£88k.
For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Worcestershire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Inspection findings in brief
- The home supported younger adults to transition from secure mental health hospitals, where some had been for many years, and were supporting people to integrate back into the community and build their confidence.
- The inspection included 2 on site visits, which took place on 7 and 21 May 2025, phone calls to relatives were made by an expert by experience on 14 May 2025 and additional evidence reviewed remotely.
- Managers were clear about their roles and were passionate about the support and leadership offered to people, which was centred around people and involved them to be at the heart of their own care. The provider had a good learning culture and people could raise concerns.
- People described how staff treated them with kindness and respect, ensuring any personal care was done sensitively to help preserve their privacy and dignity.
Inspected 18 November 2020; report published 9 December 2020. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
How the scores break down
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Stonebridge Nursing Home scores 84%.
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 90%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity4 · Exceptional
- Treating people as individuals4 · Exceptional
- Independence, choice and control4 · Exceptional
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 89%
- Person-centred Care4 · Exceptional
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people4 · Exceptional
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes4 · Exceptional
- Planning for the future4 · Exceptional
Well-led 89%
- Shared direction and culture4 · Exceptional
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability4 · Exceptional
- Partnerships and communities4 · Exceptional
- Learning, improvement and innovation4 · Exceptional
Scores: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. From CQC's assessment, assessed 8 April 2025, published 1 October 2025 (Open Government Licence). A statement with no score was not looked at in this assessment; its earlier result still counts.
Ratings over time
- May 2016
- Aug 2019
- Dec 2020
- Oct 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 9 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 7 August 2019
- CQC inspection report 12 May 2016
- Inspection report 10 May 2014
- Inspection report 14 February 2013
- Inspection report 3 January 2012
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 19 December 2025 by Redditch. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Stonebridge Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Headless Cross & Oakenshaw
- Parliamentary constituency
- Redditch
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in B97 (11)
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Close by
- Bus stop 50 m (1 min walk) · 18 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Redditch, 1.3 km (16 min walk)
- GP surgery Hillview Medical Centre, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Pharmacy Knights Pharmacy, 760 m (10 min walk)
- Shop Biddles, 590 m (7 min walk)
- Park erwood close opening park, 430 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Christadelphian Hall, 440 m (5 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
What the ratings tell you
Area by area, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are rated Outstanding; 2 other areas are Good.
Across Worcestershire, 6 of 156 rated care homes are Outstanding for Caring (4%), while 9 of 156 rated care homes are Outstanding for Responsive (6%), while 8 of 156 rated care homes are Outstanding for Well-led (5%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 90% and its lowest is Safe at 75%, averaging 84% overall.
Outstanding ratings for a single area are uncommon; the Caring, Responsive and Well-led section of the report gives examples of what inspectors saw.
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Stonebridge Nursing Home against its area
- Rated Outstanding. Across Worcestershire, 87% of the 156 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (October 2025) is more recent than 80% of care home ratings in Worcestershire.
- With 53 beds it is larger than 73% of care homes in Worcestershire, where the typical home has 38.
- Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Worcestershire lists 4.
Based on the CQC register for Worcestershire as at Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
Guides for families
Newer ratings near Redditch
- Southcrest Nursing HomeJun 2026
- MillcroftJun 2025
Questions about Stonebridge Nursing Home
- How recent is Stonebridge Nursing Home's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 1 October 2025, 1 year ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Stonebridge Nursing Home registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- What kind of care can Stonebridge Nursing Home offer?
- CQC lists Stonebridge Nursing Home under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Stonebridge Nursing Home registered with CQC?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-110543345 and was rated Outstanding overall in October 2025.
- What is Stonebridge Nursing Home's address?
- It is at 178-180 Birchfield Road, Headless Cross, Redditch, B97 4NA.
- How is Stonebridge Nursing Home rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Outstanding; Responsive: Outstanding; Well-led: Outstanding. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How much does Stonebridge Nursing Home charge?
- No fee list from Stonebridge Nursing Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Who is the registered provider for Stonebridge Nursing Home?
- The registered provider is Alexandra House Care Services Limited, according to CQC.
- How big is Stonebridge Nursing Home?
- Stonebridge Nursing Home can take up to 53 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
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