Residential care home · Kent

Ashurst House

9 Briton Road, Faversham, ME13 8QH

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 4 years ago ↑ Up from Inadequate

CQC rating

Good
Published 1 January 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • 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?Good

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2021InadequateSECRW
  • May 2019GoodSECRW
  • May 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • March 2016GoodSECRW

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How it compares in Kent

Ashurst House is in the Good tier ?, with 286 other homes in Kent. 79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 17 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 15 (3%)
  • Good 287 (59%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 91 (19%)
  • Inadequate 8 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 23 (5%)

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What the data says about Ashurst House

Ashurst House is an independent 8-bed residential care home in Faversham, Kent, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.

Its CQC rating, from January 2022, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Before that, in December 2021, it was rated Inadequate.

About 1.3 km away, Lady Dane Farmhouse is rated Outstanding. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in December 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in Kent. In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).