Care home · Manchester
Thorncliffe Grange
Typical fee here £1,360–£1,670 a week Estimate
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Illustrative photo, not of Thorncliffe Grange- Address
- 2 Windmill Lane, Denton, Manchester, M34 3RN
- Run by
- Partnership Caring Ltd (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 50 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Part of
- Joseph Heifetz
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2000 (25 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04126558)
- Last CQC check
- 1 Dec 2020
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,360–£1,670 a week for nursing care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury · Diagnostic and screening procedures
More in Denton: Care homes in Denton (4) · Care homes for elderly care in Denton
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-132017799
An overview of Thorncliffe Grange
Thorncliffe Grange in Manchester is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Partnership Caring Ltd. It is registered to support older people.
CQC rated it Good overall (November 2018). It is one of 4 CQC-registered care homes in and around Denton; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Reading Thorncliffe Grange's CQC ratings
Thorncliffe Grange has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 23 of the 34 other care homes in Tameside that CQC has rated.
How its rating has changed
- Dec 2015
- Nov 2018
- Dec 2020
- Today Rating 7 years old
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 1 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 27 November 2018
- CQC inspection report 7 December 2015
- Inspection report 13 September 2013
- Inspection report 30 January 2013
- Inspection report 3 April 2012
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 5 August 2026 by Tameside. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Thorncliffe Grange Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Denton West
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Integrated care board
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in M34 (6)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 110 m (1 min walk) · 28 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Denton, 580 m (7 min walk)
- GP surgery Churchgate Surgery, 140 m (2 min walk)
- Pharmacy Well Pharmacy, 360 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Loot Newsagents, 70 m (1 min walk)
- Park Victoria Park, 480 m (6 min walk)
- Café Costa, 410 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Christ Church, Denton, 80 m (1 min walk)
- Library Denton Library, 390 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.
The inspection, summarised
- Thorncliffe Grange is located in Denton, Manchester.
- The home provides nursing care and accommodation for up to 50 older people.
- Bedrooms are accessible on both floors, and there are various communal areas which include lounge and dining areas, and a secure garden.
- Staff supported external professionals such as doctors, speech and language therapists and social workers to completed assessments remotely to reduce the number of people coming into the home.
Inspected 12 November 2020; report published 1 December 2020. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Likely fees
We estimate Thorncliffe Grange at £1,360–£1,670 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £71k–£87k.
Where a resident needs nursing, the NHS pays part of the fee straight to the home as NHS-funded nursing care, regardless of who pays the rest.
With savings below £23,250, Tameside Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
Around Manchester
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is St Lawrences Lodge, 0.7 miles away.
23 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Denton West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Greater Manchester ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (2 min), a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (1 min), a park (6 min), a café (5 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (7 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The registered provider
Thorncliffe Grange is run by Partnership Caring Ltd (company 04126558), incorporated in 2000, 10 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 residential care for older and disabled people.
Partnership Caring Ltd runs 2 CQC-registered services; 1 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (50%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in Tameside, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
It trades under the Joseph Heifetz brand, which covers 13 services run by 12 registered providers.
The five key questions
- Safe22 of 35 in Tameside
- Effective31 of 35 in Tameside
- Caring32 of 35 in Tameside
- Responsive29 of 35 in Tameside
- Well-led24 of 35 in Tameside
CQC key question ratings, published 27 November 2018. Under each rating: how many care homes in Tameside share it.
Thorncliffe Grange over the years
Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2020), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Inspected but not rated.
The rating is 7 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 1 December 2020.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Tameside, 71% of the 35 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2018) is more recent than 3% of care home ratings in Tameside.
- With 50 beds it is larger than 77% of care homes in Tameside, where the typical home has 41.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 80% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Tameside lists 4.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Tameside. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Frequently asked about Thorncliffe Grange
- How many residents can Thorncliffe Grange take?
- Thorncliffe Grange is registered for up to 50 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Which provider runs Thorncliffe Grange?
- Thorncliffe Grange is run by Partnership Caring Ltd, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does care from Thorncliffe Grange cost?
- No fee list from Thorncliffe Grange has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,205 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Is Thorncliffe Grange rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Thorncliffe Grange: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What type of care does Thorncliffe Grange provide?
- Thorncliffe Grange is registered with CQC for: nursing homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Where is Thorncliffe Grange?
- It is at 2 Windmill Lane, Denton, Manchester, M34 3RN.
- Is Thorncliffe Grange regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Thorncliffe Grange is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-132017799) and was rated Good overall in November 2018.
- Can Thorncliffe Grange care for someone with dementia?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- How recent is Thorncliffe Grange's CQC rating?
- 27 November 2018 is when the current rating was published, 7 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
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