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Residential care homeCQC: Requires improvement
The Old School House Care Home
Plymouth, Devon, PL7 1TL
Key details
- Address
- 38 Merafield Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 1TL
- Telephone
- 01752330470
- Care provided
- Residential home
- CQC rating
- CQC: Requires improvementreport published 5 November 2025
- Beds
- 36
- CQC registered since
- 2024
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- CQC record
- View on cqc.org.uk
How it compares locally
92
registered homes in Plymouth
70/88
local rated homes Good or Outstanding
36
beds, local median 24
Specialist care
The Old School House Care Home is registered to provide care for people with the following needs:
DementiaMental health conditionsCaring for adults over 65 yrsPhysical disabilities
About The Old School House Care Home
The Old School House Care Home is a residential care home in Plymouth in Devon (PL7 1TL), run by The Old School House Care Home (South West) Ltd. It is a larger home with 36 beds. The home supports residents with day-to-day personal care; it is not registered to provide on-site nursing. The home has been registered with the Care Quality Commission since 2024.
The Care Quality Commission rated it Requires improvement in its latest inspection report, published November 2025. It is worth reading the full report on the CQC website and asking the home what has changed since. There are 91 other care homes nearby if you want to compare options. Fees and availability change often, so speak to the home directly and arrange a visit if you can.
Data source and freshness
Core registration, operator, contact and service data comes from the official CQC directory dated 2026-08-05. Ratings and bed counts come from the CQC active-locations dataset. We compare directory releases by CQC location ID so real changes can update this page without inventing new copy.
Open the source dataset. Details can change between releases, so verify the current CQC record and confirm fees, services and vacancies directly with the home.
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