SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Learning cultureGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?67%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Consent to 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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Requires improvement
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Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 16 good, 17 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. ?
Kingsley is a 9-bed residential care home in Herne Bay, Kent, run by Radlett Care Limited. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Kent, where the median is 24 beds.
In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The nearest home with a higher rating is Kimberley Residential Home (Good), 0.1 km away.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in July 2026. Safe, responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective and caring, the rating was Good. Before that, in January 2019, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Kent, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. 17 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “workforce wellbeing and enablement”.
