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. ?
Avalon Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in East Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Avalon Nursing Home is a 38-bed nursing home in Eastbourne, East Sussex, run by Elderly Care Home Limited. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia and people with a learning disability or autism. That is larger than most homes in East Sussex, where the typical home has 24 beds.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Across East Sussex, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2026. 90% of homes in East Sussex also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in December 2021. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from February 2020.
