Top rated 2026 · Bedford
Outstanding care homes and home care in Bedford (2026)
Outstanding is CQC's top grade: across England, 4.7% of rated services have it. In Bedford it currently applies to 3 home care agencies and 5 care homes.
From the CQC register on 19 October 2026
How Bedford compares
2 of the 3 Outstanding home care agencies list dementia as a specialism.
Care type: 0 nursing, 5 residential, out of 5 Outstanding homes with 86 beds between them.
Among 52 home care agencies with a rating in Bedford, 6% hold Outstanding (England: 5%). For care homes, the Outstanding share in Bedford is 7% of 61 rated, compared with 5% nationally.
Rating dates range from November 2019, for Danecroft, to May 2026, for Rutland Road Care Home. Within that, 4 came out within the past two years, while 3 go back more than four.
Several Outstanding services under one provider: St Andrews Care Homes Ltd (2).
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Care homes rated Outstanding
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How services get on this list
Services are listed when the Care Quality Commission (CQC) gives them an overall rating of Outstanding. CQC is the independent regulator of care in England, and we take its ratings as published in its register. The county shown is that of the service's nearest town on The Care Panel. When we import new ratings the list changes too: newly rated Outstanding services join, and any that lose the rating drop off.
Ratings may be several years old, so each profile states when the rating was published. No one can pay for, apply for or be nominated for a place.
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CQC register data (Oct 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is independent of every provider listed.