Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?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. ?
Aspen Place is an independent 59-bed nursing home in Horsham, West Sussex, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. That is larger than most homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 27 beds.
CQC last rated the home in September 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. That is down from Good in May 2019.
In West Sussex, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2025. That is true of 92% of homes in West Sussex. The nearest home with a higher rating is Kings Court (Good), 0.7 km away.
