Residential care home · Devon

Ridge House Residential Care Home

Church Street, Morchard Bishop, Crediton, EX17 6PJ

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 2 months ago
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Ridge House Residential Care Home is a residential care home in Crediton in Devon, run by Ridge House Residential Home Limited. It has 15 registered beds and supports older people and people with a physical disability.

Its latest CQC rating, published July 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was rated Good for effective and responsive. For comparison, 90% of care homes in Devon are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 1 July 2026 Rated 2 months ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • 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 Devon

Ridge House Residential Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 26 other homes in Devon. Of the 287 rated care homes here, 90% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 21 (7%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 27 (9%)
  • Good 190 (62%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 20 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 27 (9%)
  • Inadequate 2 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 18 (6%)

Half of Devon's ratings are more than 6.6 years old. How tiers work

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