Care home · Church Stretton
The Sandford Nursing Home
Typical fee here £1,380–£1,690 a week Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of The Sandford Nursing Home- Address
- Watling Street South, Church Stretton, SY6 7BG
- Run by
- The Housing Plus Group Limited (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 35 (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
- October 2020 (6 years)
- Registered manager
- Sophie Louisa Corbett
- Company check
- Active, accounts up to date (Companies House IP30224R)
- Last CQC check
- 4 Nov 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,380–£1,690 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; 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
More in Church Stretton: Care homes in Church Stretton (5) · Care homes for dementia care in Church Stretton · Care homes for elderly care in Church Stretton
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-9433300753
About The Sandford Nursing Home
The Sandford Nursing Home in Church Stretton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by The Housing Plus Group Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia and physical disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall (November 2024). Safe and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 5 CQC-registered care homes in and around Church Stretton; 2 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- The service provides support to people over 65 and younger adults including those with physical disabilities.
- Two inspectors carried out an unannounced visit to the home on 16 July 2024 and 1 inspector visited the home on 17 July 2024.
- We found 4 breaches of the legal regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, person centred care, need for consent and good governance.
- People felt safe living at the home and with the staff who supported them however staff had not always considered environmental risks to people.
From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
The company behind The Sandford Nursing Home
The Sandford Nursing Home is run by The Housing Plus Group Limited (company IP30224R).
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time and there is no insolvency history.
The Housing Plus Group Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 1 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (50%), against 86% for the same mix of services across England.
Who the service is registered for
As listed with the regulator.
The Sandford Nursing Home over the years
CQC registration dates from October 2020, so the service has been operating for around 6 years under its current registration.
Its only published overall rating so far is Requires improvement, from November 2024.
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 26 March 2026 by Shropshire. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "The Sandford Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- The Strettons
- Council
- Shropshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Shropshire
- NHS planning area
- NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SY6 (5)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 550 m (7 min walk)
- Railway station Church Stretton, 170 m (2 min walk)
- GP surgery Church Stretton Medical Centre, 330 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy Msn & Lunts Pharmacy, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Shop Applegreen, 80 m (1 min walk)
- Park 130 m (2 min walk)
- Café Berry's, 470 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship Church Stretton Methodist Church, 70 m (1 min walk)
- Library Church Stretton Library, 580 m (7 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.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
The ratings in context
For The Sandford Nursing Home, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across Shropshire, 18 of 103 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (17%), while 25 of 103 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
The Safe and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe18 of 103 in Shropshire
- Effective92 of 103 in Shropshire
- Caring84 of 103 in Shropshire
- Responsive89 of 103 in Shropshire
- Well-led25 of 103 in Shropshire
As rated by CQC, published 4 November 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Shropshire share it.
Around Church Stretton
There are 4 other care homes within 3 miles, 2 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Field House, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: dementia (2 of the nearest 8).
1 of the 7 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in The Strettons ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (1 min), a park (2 min), a café (6 min), a bus stop (7 min) and a railway station (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Likely fees
We estimate The Sandford 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.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Shropshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Shropshire, 79% of the 102 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2024) is more recent than 80% of care home ratings in Shropshire.
- With 35 beds it is larger than 58% of care homes in Shropshire, where the typical home has 29.
- Registered with CQC in 2020: it has been registered longer than 22% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Shropshire lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (22% of care homes in Shropshire are also rated below Good here); Well-led (27% of care homes in Shropshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Shropshire (Oct 2026).
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Frequently asked about The Sandford Nursing Home
- How did The Sandford Nursing Home score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How much does care from The Sandford Nursing Home cost?
- The Sandford Nursing Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,295 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Who runs The Sandford Nursing Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is The Housing Plus Group Limited.
- How many residents can The Sandford Nursing Home take?
- The Sandford Nursing Home can take up to 35 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- How recent is The Sandford Nursing Home's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 4 November 2024, 1 year ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Does The Sandford Nursing Home support people with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- Is The Sandford Nursing Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- The Sandford Nursing Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-9433300753) and was rated Requires improvement overall in November 2024.
- Where is The Sandford Nursing Home based?
- It is at Watling Street South, Church Stretton, SY6 7BG.
- What services is The Sandford Nursing Home registered for?
- Registration for The Sandford Nursing Home covers: nursing homes. Check which of these it offers today.
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