SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
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?45%Requires improvement
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Kindness, compassion and dignitySignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?54%Requires improvement
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Person-centred careSignificant shortfalls
Equity in accessSome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 15 good, 18 below good. 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Cherington is one of 333 care homes in West Sussex: a 42-bed nursing home in Bognor Regis, run by Homebeech Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. Most homes in West Sussex are smaller: the median there is 27 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. 92% of homes in West Sussex also score 5. Across West Sussex, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. About 0.0 km away, Arun Lodge Residential Care Home is rated Good. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. It is one of 2 homes run by Homebeech Limited. 0 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated effective as Good. Before that, in April 2019, it was rated Good. Ratings in West Sussex are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. 18 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “kindness, compassion and dignity”.
