Top 10 Care homes in County Durham

Ranked list of the top Care homes in County Durham based on published CQC ratings and inspection dates.

Updated using the latest published CQC inspection data (latest inspection date in this area: 2025-11-26).

Location: County Durham admin district
Scored listings in this district
123
Used for ranking
Latest inspection date
2025-11-26
publication_date
Inspection “median year”
2022
rough freshness indicator
Rating mix
O: 6% G: 86% RI: 7% I: 1%

Top 10 results

Ranked by computed score (overall + domain ratings + freshness).

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# Name Town Postcode CQC rating Inspection date
1
Score: 49 DL14 6EN
BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 6EN Outstanding 2023-12-15
2
Score: 49 SR8 4LD
PETERLEE SR8 4LD Outstanding 2023-10-19
3
Score: 49 DL16 7JT
SPENNYMOOR DL16 7JT Outstanding 2023-09-26
4
Score: 49 DH8 6EL
CONSETT DH8 6EL Outstanding 2023-01-06
5
Score: 47 DH8 8SF
CONSETT DH8 8SF Outstanding 2020-02-18
6
Score: 47 DL16 7SG
SPENNYMOOR DL16 7SG Outstanding 2019-02-15
7
Score: 46 DL17 8JD
FERRYHILL DL17 8JD Outstanding 2018-10-20
8
Score: 39 SR8 5JE
PETERLEE SR8 5JE Good 2025-11-26
9
Score: 39 DL5 4JP
NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 4JP Good 2025-10-23
10
Score: 39 DL5 5QH
NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 5QH Good 2025-09-30

Near misses

Providers that nearly made the Top 10 (next best in this area).

Name Town Postcode Link
DURHAM DH1 2SH Listing
NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 4PJ Listing
BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 9RE Listing
BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 7PU Listing
STANLEY DH9 8AD Listing
BISHOP AUCKLAND DL13 4AE Listing
CROOK DL15 0PW Listing
NEWTON AYCLIFFE DL5 7DZ Listing

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