Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↑ Up from Inadequate
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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. ?
Avalon Care Home is one of 111 care homes in Sefton: a 26-bed residential care home in Southport, run by K Jones and R Brown. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs, people with a sensory impairment and people with an eating disorder.
The nearest home with a higher rating is The Brunswick (Good), 0.3 km away. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from June 2026. 94% of homes in Sefton also score 5. Across Sefton, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in November 2022, it was rated Inadequate.
