Care home · Dronfield
The Callywhite Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of The Callywhite Care Home- Address
- Callywhite Lane, Dronfield, S18 2XD
- Run by
- The Green Nursing Homes Limited (3 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 39 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- October 2015 (10 years)
- Registered manager
- Julie Ann Reaney
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2000 (26 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04036712)
- Last CQC check
- 20 Aug 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-2274246851
Introducing The Callywhite Care Home
The Callywhite Care Home in Dronfield is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by The Green Nursing Homes Limited. The service is registered to support older people and lists dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (August 2026). It is one of 10 CQC-registered care homes in and around Dronfield; 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
Registered in October 2015, it has 10 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2017–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
2 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 28 December 2019.
Needs it is registered to meet
Taken from its CQC registration.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- The service is registered to support up to 39 people.
- People received safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led care from a service with a strong person-centred culture.
- Staff knew people well and involved them and their families in decisions about their care, support and future planning.
- One person told us, "I couldn't wish for better," and spoke warmly about how staff had helped them enlarge photographs of their late wife, reflecting the thoughtful and personalised support provided.
Inspected 28 November 2019; report published 28 December 2019. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Percentage scores by area
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, The Callywhite Care Home scores 74%.
Safe 72%
- 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 optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
Effective 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 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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 18 June 2026, published 20 August 2026 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Ratings over time
- Jun 2017
- Dec 2019
- Aug 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 28 December 2019
- CQC inspection report 28 June 2017
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Dronfield North
- Council
- Derbyshire County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- North East Derbyshire
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire 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 S18 (5)
Larger map · Directions · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
The registered provider
The Callywhite Care Home is run by The Green Nursing Homes Limited (company 04036712), incorporated in 2000, 15 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
The Green Nursing Homes Limited runs 3 CQC-registered services; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 3 are in Derbyshire, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Choice nearby
There are 12 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is The Green Care Home with Nursing, Dronfield, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (5 of the nearest 25); physical disabilities (8 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (3 of the nearest 25).
1 of the 25 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Dronfield North 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 Derby and Derbyshire ICB.
Costs to expect
We estimate The Callywhite Care Home at £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £60k–£73k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
With savings below £23,250, Derbyshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Reading The Callywhite Care Home's CQC ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 160 of the 221 other care homes in Derbyshire that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Effective at 71%, averaging 74% overall.
The five key questions
- Safe72% score178 of 222 in Derbyshire
- Effective71% score190 of 222 in Derbyshire
- Caring75% score195 of 222 in Derbyshire
- Responsive75% score192 of 222 in Derbyshire
- Well-led75% score161 of 222 in Derbyshire
From CQC's latest report, published 20 August 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Derbyshire share it.
Family reviews
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Where The Callywhite Care Home stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Derbyshire, 81% of the 221 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 11 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2026) is more recent than 95% of care home ratings in Derbyshire.
- With 39 beds it is larger than 59% of care homes in Derbyshire, where the typical home has 31.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 50% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Derbyshire lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Derbyshire (Oct 2026).
Other care homes close by
Guides for families
Similar care homes near Dronfield, rated recently
- The Glen Private Nursing HomeMay 2026
- Brookview Nursing HomeMay 2026
- Outram FieldsJun 2026
Frequently asked about The Callywhite Care Home
- Does The Callywhite Care Home support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When did CQC last rate The Callywhite Care Home?
- The latest rating is dated 20 August 2026; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What kind of care can The Callywhite Care Home offer?
- Registration for The Callywhite Care Home covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Where is The Callywhite Care Home based?
- It is at Callywhite Lane, Dronfield, S18 2XD.
- Is The Callywhite Care Home a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records The Callywhite Care Home as a care home, location ID 1-2274246851 and was rated Good overall in August 2026.
- How much does The Callywhite Care Home charge?
- We don't have published prices from The Callywhite Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,125 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- How did The Callywhite Care Home score on each CQC key question?
- 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 many beds does The Callywhite Care Home have?
- CQC registers The Callywhite Care Home for 39 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Which provider runs The Callywhite Care Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is The Green Nursing Homes Limited.
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