Nursing home · Kent

Ashurst Park Care Home

Fordcombe Road, Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0RD

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago ↑ Up from Req. improvement

CQC rating

Good
Published 14 August 2025 Rated 1 year ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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    • Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
    • Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsSome shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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    • Assessing needsSome shortfalls
    • Consent to care and treatmentGood
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesExceptional
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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    • Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
    • Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
    • Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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    • Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
    • Person-centred careSome shortfalls
    • Providing InformationSome shortfalls
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
    • Learning, improvement and innovationGood
    • Partnerships and communitiesGood
    • Shared direction and cultureGood
    • Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood

Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?

CQC scored 33 standards: 22 good, 1 exceptional, 10 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • September 2021Requires improvementSECRW
  • October 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • January 2017GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Kent

Ashurst Park Care 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%).

  • 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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17 care homes in total: 15 Good, 2 Requires improvement.

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Ashurst Park Care Home at a glance

Bondcare (London) Limited runs Ashurst Park Care Home, a nursing home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent with room for 53 residents. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.

CQC's latest rating, from August 2025, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in September 2021. Ratings in Kent are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 10 fell below good. The lowest was “capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders” (significant shortfalls).

None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. It is one of 17 homes run by Bondcare (London) Limited. 15 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in February 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Kent. Across Kent, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.