Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 4 months ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
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Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe and effective staffingGood
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?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 5 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. ?
Coniston Court is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 41 other homes in East Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Silverlake Care 2 Limited runs Coniston Court, a nursing home in Uckfield, East Sussex with room for 73 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in East Sussex has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2026. 90% of homes in East Sussex also score 5. Across East Sussex, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. It is one of 3 homes run by Silverlake Care 2 Limited. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. About 1.7 km away, Nutley Hall is rated Good.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2026. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. Effective, caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in May 2023, it was rated Good. Ratings in East Sussex are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “safe environments”, one of 5 standards out of 33 scored below good.
