Care home · Tamworth
Wigginton Cottage
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- 86 Main Road, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9DZ
- Run by
- Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited (87 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 8 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- November 2015 (10 years)
- Part of
- Priory Group
- Registered manager
- Leanne Maxine Wilson
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2000 (26 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04000281)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Dec 2020
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,170–£1,420 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
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-2269318294
Wigginton Cottage at a glance
Wigginton Cottage in Tamworth is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited. Its registered specialisms include learning disabilities and eating disorders.
CQC rated it Good overall (February 2020). It is one of 11 CQC-registered care homes in and around Tamworth; 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Likely fees
We estimate Wigginton Cottage at £1,170–£1,420 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £61k–£74k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
With savings below £23,250, Staffordshire Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Rating history
- Jun 2017
- Apr 2019
- Feb 2020
- Dec 2020
- Today Rating 6 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 18 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 1 February 2020
- CQC inspection report 18 April 2019
- CQC inspection report 22 June 2017
Finding it
- Ward
- Whittington & Streethay
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tamworth
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Smaller rural; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in B79 (12)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 240 m (3 min walk) · 3 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Tamworth, 2.0 km
- Pharmacy Tamworth Pharmacy, 1.5 km (18 min walk)
- Shop Kangs, 950 m (12 min walk)
- Park 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Place of worship St. Leonard's Church, 410 m (5 min walk)
Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
Reading Wigginton Cottage's CQC ratings
Wigginton Cottage 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 158 of the 238 other care homes in Staffordshire that CQC has rated.
Around Tamworth
There are 15 other care homes within 3 miles, 9 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Arkall Manor Care Home, 0.7 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (8 of the nearest 25).
15 of the 21 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Whittington & Streethay ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB.
Few everyday amenities are within a short walk, so visitors will mostly come by car; the nearest bus stop is under 0.5 miles away.
Wigginton Cottage over the years
Registered in November 2015, it has 10 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2017–2020), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Inspected but not rated.
No new overall rating has been published for 6 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
4 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 18 December 2020.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe185 of 239 in Staffordshire
- Effective210 of 239 in Staffordshire
- Caring228 of 239 in Staffordshire
- Responsive213 of 239 in Staffordshire
- Well-led159 of 239 in Staffordshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 1 February 2020. Under each rating: how many care homes in Staffordshire share it.
The registered provider
Wigginton Cottage is run by Parkcare Homes (no.2) Limited (company 04000281), 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 other human health activities.
Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited runs 89 CQC-registered services across 41 council areas; 76 of the 88 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (86%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Staffordshire.
It trades under the Priory Group brand, which covers 180 services run by 36 registered providers.
Needs it is registered to meet
Registration details from CQC.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- Wigginton Cottage provides accommodation and personal care to eight younger people who have a learning disability and Prader-Willi syndrome .
- We found the following examples of good practice. ● When visitors arrived at the home, they completed a Covid-19 screening questionnaire.
- Their temperature was also recorded to ensure their visit could take place safely in line with current guidance. ● Social stories had been created to help people understand the pandemic and manage their levels of anxiety.
- This was a targeted inspection looking at the IPC practices the provider has in place.
Inspected 1 December 2020; report published 18 December 2020. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Family reviews
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Wigginton Cottage in local context
- Rated Good. Across Staffordshire, 78% of the 239 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 8 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2020) is more recent than 38% of care home ratings in Staffordshire.
- With 8 beds it is smaller than 70% of care homes in Staffordshire, where the typical home has 29.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 50% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Staffordshire lists 4.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Staffordshire; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Wigginton Cottage: common questions
- What are Wigginton Cottage's fees?
- Wigginton Cottage hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,206 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in West Midlands). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How did Wigginton Cottage score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Wigginton Cottage: 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 Wigginton Cottage have?
- Wigginton Cottage has 8 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who runs Wigginton Cottage?
- The registered provider is Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited, according to CQC.
- Can Wigginton Cottage care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- How recent is Wigginton Cottage's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 1 February 2020, 6 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What is Wigginton Cottage's address?
- It is at 86 Main Road, Wigginton, Tamworth, B79 9DZ.
- Is Wigginton Cottage a registered provider?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-2269318294 and was rated Good overall in February 2020.
- What kind of care can Wigginton Cottage offer?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Wigginton Cottage how it would adapt if needs increase.
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