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8 Acres

Long Street, Great Ellingham, Attleborough, NR17 1AW

Goodpublished 6 August 2025, 12 months ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The report

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The CQC published its most recent report on 8 Acres on 2 March 2022. We are still reading it. Check back soon, or read the report itself on cqc.org.uk.

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The story over the years

Every inspection of 8 Acres

4 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has held its Requires improvement rating throughout.

  1. March 2022Requires improvementcurrent ratingstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  2. March 2020Requires improvementdown from Good
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement

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  3. September 2017Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

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  4. June 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement

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  5. August 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  6. December 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  7. April 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

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  8. May 2012

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 21 May 2012.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.

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