Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: 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?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. ?
Brabourne Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Opus Care Limited runs Brabourne Care Centre, a nursing home in Ashford, Kent with room for 82 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
1 of Opus Care Limited’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). About 0.5 km away, Ashminster House is rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in February 2026. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC last rated the home in January 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Its previous rating, in August 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped.
