A WANTAGE care home has been scored 995 out of 1,000 by its residents.

The Stirlings home run by the Orders of St John Care Trust earned the rating in a nationwide survey of care home residents and their family members and friends run by the trust.

Stirlings' score from family and friends was slightly lower at 840.

The national average scores for trust homes were 878 for residents, and 836 for their family and friends.