The Grange is a warm and friendly home in the heart of Stanford in the Vale, a quiet village near Faringdon in the Oxfordshire countryside, and a home rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission. Set beside the village church green, with large gardens to enjoy, it is a settled, homely place that residents and visitors feel at ease in from the moment they arrive. Inside, the home has been refreshed in a style inspired by hygge, the Danish idea of cosiness and contentment found in simple comforts and good company.
Our long-serving nursing and care team is on hand 24 hours a day, happy to help with a smile and a cheery word, from company and support with daily living to round-the-clock nursing care and dementia care. People join us for a short respite stay, for a period of recovery, or to make the home their own for the longer term.
The home has 41 bedrooms, most with their own en suite, including rooms for couples who wish to stay together. Every resident is treated as an individual, and the team and residents together create a family atmosphere where everyone feels at home. We look forward to welcoming you to The Grange

Our registered nurses and carers are here 24 hours a day, with GP cover. We provide nursing care for people with complex needs, dementia care, respite and post-operative stays, and palliative and end of life care. Every resident has a personal care plan, written with them and their family and reviewed regularly, so their care keeps pace as their needs change.
For residents living with dementia, familiar things matter. We keep to the routines people know, and encourage families to bring in photographs and belongings so their room feels like theirs. Residents and families get to know the same faces, and the team gets to know them.
The Grange is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission, in a village setting where residents are part of local life. The refreshed lounge and dining room look out over the gardens; there are quiet corners to read in, and the terrace is where afternoon tea is taken when the weather allows. Residents are encouraged to bring their own furniture, photographs and keepsakes so their room feels like theirs.
There’s a varied programme of activities each week, from art, crafts and quizzes to live music, gardening and gentle exercise, along with village events, trips out and garden parties and barbecues in the summer. Family and friends are welcome any time, and there’s a full calendar of events through the year.
Mealtimes are an important part of the day at The Grange. We work with apetito, a leading provider of meals for care homes, whose recipes are developed by chefs, dietitians and nutritionists. Menus are developed with our residents, and we cater for texture-modified, diabetic and other dietary needs. The dining room and lounge look out over the gardens, and in summer meals are served on the terrace.
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I visit a resident with his wife, I believe The Grange to be very well run. The patients are listened to and treated with dignity. The staff are always welcoming.
I have nothing but complete praise and satisfaction. All carers were kind and helpful, without exception, always having time to talk and explain
I visit my relative frequently and over the months have got to know the wonderful team of nurses and carers. I cannot praise them enough, she is happy, safe and very well cared for.
The managers and staff are friendly and the whole place is extremely well run, with regular entertainment, good food, excellent maintenance and cleaning.
Moving into a care home is a big step, and we take it at your pace. Before anyone moves in, we meet them and their family to understand their nursing care, medical and personal needs, working with any healthcare professionals already involved, and use this to put a personal care plan in place.
People come to us in different ways: some directly, some through a hospital discharge team or social services, and some after a short respite stay. Whichever route, we talk through funding and the options openly, and our Advice Centre explains how care funding works.
We encourage residents and families to visit first, to look around the rooms and gardens, meet the team and ask anything they like.
Rooms aren’t always available at short notice, so it’s worth getting in touch early if you think you may need one. Call the team at The Grange and we can talk you through availability and arrange a tour.
We respect and support the personalities and interests of every resident while offering group and social activities or one-on-one alternatives to ensure our residents are mentally and physically stimulated and have a wealth of options to choose between.
While many of our residents require practical assistance, we tailor our care to ensure residents can visit the local village shops, plan an evening out at the cinema, participate in a quiz afternoon, or simply relax, unwind and watch their preferred series in the privacy and comfort of their private room.
Among our calendar of events and entertainment, we regularly schedule:
Of course, one size does not fit all, so we work hard to encourage residents to let us know if we can add something that appeals or organise a special celebration to ensure occasions and milestones are honoured.
The Grange delivers meals on our sun-soaked terrace in the summer months, and tea parties are a highlight, along with religious services and observances, to ensure each individual can practice and observe their faith, culture and religious beliefs.
We understand that entrusting your care, or that of a loved one, is reassuring with the knowledge that every team member, from our care assistants to registered nurses, support colleagues and visiting therapists, are screened and vetted to the most rigorous standards.
Residents can indicate any preferences they may have around the gender of personal care providers, and we are committed to maintaining our outstanding quality across the care home to ensure care is safe, personalised and respectful.
The Grange Care Centre offers a full array of practical and companionship services:
Here at The Grange, we combine in-house facilities and amenities with external entertainers and keep residents engaged and active with a barber and beauty salon, a fantastic library of movies, series and books, a fast internet connection, computer games, and social spaces such as our dining room and lounge which overlook the gardens.
Private rooms are all bright, airy and modern, with specialised bathing equipment as required, with other areas around the care home such as a secure, tranquil patio, quiet and comforting reading nooks, and wide-screen TVs.
As Home Manager at The Grange Care Centre, I am proud to lead such a caring and dedicated team. With over 20 years of experience in social care, and having grown up in a village myself, leading a care home rooted in village life feels genuinely special to me. I joined Forest Healthcare in February 2026, and my approach has always been the same: to ensure every person in our care is treated with the same warmth and dignity we would want for our own families.
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