SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
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?Requires improvement
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. ?
Ashcroft Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 43 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Regal Care Trading Ltd runs Ashcroft Nursing Home, a nursing home in Margate, Kent with room for 88 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Kent are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in December 2022. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in July 2021.
9 of Regal Care Trading Ltd’s 15 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in May 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in Kent. In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
