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Residential care home · Northumberland

The Old Vicarage

26 Cottage Road, Wooler, NE71 6AD

Requires improvement SafeEffectiveCaringResponsiveWell-led Rated 9 months ago
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The Old Vicarage is a residential care home in Wooler in Northumberland, run by People First Care (Wooler) Limited. CQC registers it for 28 places and supports older people, people living with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.

Its latest CQC rating, published November 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was rated Good for effective, caring and responsive. For comparison, 89% of care homes in Northumberland are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 26 November 2025 Rated 9 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?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 Northumberland

The Old Vicarage is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 9 other homes in Northumberland. Of the 92 rated care homes here, 89% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 4 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 9 (10%)
  • Good 63 (67%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 6 (6%)
  • Requires improvement 10 (11%)
  • Not yet rated 2 (2%)

Half of Northumberland's ratings are more than 3.4 years old. How tiers work

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