SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
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Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?90%★Outstanding
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Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Independence, choice and controlExceptional
Kindness, compassion and dignityExceptional
Workforce wellbeing and enablementExceptional
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?79%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesExceptional
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?82%Good
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Freedom to speak upGood
Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersExceptional
Shared direction and cultureExceptional
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 27 good, 6 exceptional. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
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. ?
Carricks Brook is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 9 other homes in East Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Carricks Brook is one of 281 care homes in East Sussex: a 12-bed residential care home in Heathfield, run by Oakdown House Limited. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in East Sussex has 24 beds, so this one is on the small side.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2026, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. Caring was rated Outstanding. That matches its previous rating, from January 2018. That is more recent than most ratings in East Sussex, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. None of its 33 scored standards was below good, and 6 were exceptional.
Oakdown House Limited runs 2 care homes, and all 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 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 February 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in East Sussex.
