The Old School House Care Home
Residential care home in Plymouth, registered for 36 beds. Regulated by CQC.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Well-led | Requires improvement |
| Safe | Requires improvement |
| Effective | Requires improvement |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Residential care home
- Registered places
- 36
- Address
- 38 Merafield Road, Plymouth, PL7 1TL
- Telephone
- 01752330470
- Registered provider
- The Old School House Care Home (South West) Ltd
- Registered since
- 2024-09-05
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- South West Devon
- Regulator record
- View on cqc.org.uk
At 36 beds it is larger than 85% of the 66 residential care homes in Plymouth.
Evidence and freshness
This is a permanent CareFacts record built from the service’s regulator identifier. It is evidence from the public register, not a recommendation or a live vacancy check.
- CareFacts record ID
e1-19832693995- Regulator location ID
1-19832693995- Current source release
- CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2026-08-04
A newer source release may change the registration, operator, capacity or rating shown here. CareFacts preserves the identifier so future real changes can be compared once more than one compatible snapshot exists.
Who this service is for
- Dementia
- Mental Health
- Older People
- Physical Disability
- Mental health conditions
- Caring for adults over 65 yrs
- Physical disabilities
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Source: CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07. Ratings and inspection dates are published by CQC and reproduced here under the Open Government Licence. Always check the regulator’s own record before making a decision.
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