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Essex Care Consortium - Marks Tey

Laurels, Station Road, Marks Tey, Colchester, CO6 1EE

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 months ago
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Essex Care Consortium - Marks Tey is a residential care home in Colchester in Essex, run by Essex Care Consortium Limited. CQC registers it for 13 places and supports older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs.

Its latest CQC rating, published May 2026, is Good overall. It was rated Requires improvement for well-led. For comparison, 83% of care homes in Essex are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Good
Published 7 May 2026 Rated 4 months ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Read the full inspection report on cqc.org.uk ↗

How it compares in Essex

Essex Care Consortium - Marks Tey is in the Good, with an area to improve tier, alongside 48 other homes in Essex. Of the 369 rated care homes here, 83% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 7 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 16 (4%)
  • Good 236 (60%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 49 (12%)
  • Requires improvement 58 (15%)
  • Inadequate 3 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 24 (6%)

Half of Essex's ratings are more than 5.1 years old. How tiers work

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The provider's other homes

Essex Care Consortium Limited runs 3 care homes registered with CQC: 2 Good, 1 Requires improvement.

  • Essex Care Consortium - Plume Avenue
    Colchester, Essex · CO3 4PG · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Essex Care Consortium - Colchester
    Colchester, Essex · CO2 0NU · Residential care home · 20 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago

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