SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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?Good
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Aldingbourne Cottage is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 31 other homes in West Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Aldingbourne Care Limited, Aldingbourne Cottage is a residential care home in Chichester, West Sussex with 10 registered beds. It is registered to care for younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 27 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2020, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated effective as Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in June 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In West Sussex, 32% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
Across West Sussex, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2026. That is true of 92% of homes in West Sussex. Nyton House, 0.9 km away, is the closest home rated Outstanding.
