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?Good
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. ?
Kingsgate Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Kingsgate Care Home is a 43-bed nursing home in Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, run by Jem Care Home Services Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Essex are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in May 2021. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For effective, the rating was Requires improvement. Before that, in February 2020, it was rated Requires improvement. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Essex, 48% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 4 out of 5 in May 2025. 89% of homes in Essex score the top mark of 5.
