Requires improvementSafe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 3 years ago↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
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. ?
Freshford Cottage Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 41 other homes in East Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Freshford Cottage Nursing Home is one of 281 care homes in East Sussex: a 20-bed nursing home in Seaford, run by Zeenat Nanji & Tasneem Osman. Its CQC registration covers older people.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2023. It was Requires improvement for effective and well-led as well. CQC rated safe, caring and responsive as Good. Its previous rating, in March 2018, was Good, so the home has slipped.
2 of Zeenat Nanji & Tasneem Osman’s 3 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Nova House, 0.5 km away, is the closest home rated Good. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in East Sussex. In East Sussex, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
