Nursing home · East Sussex

Kingswood House Nursing Home

21-23 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards On Sea, TN37 6HR

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 30 June 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
  • 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

Earlier ratings ?

  • September 2019GoodSECRW
  • August 2018Requires improvementSECRW
  • December 2017Requires improvementSECRW
  • July 2016Requires improvementSECRW
  • November 2015InadequateSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in East Sussex

Kingswood House 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%).

  • Outstanding 5 (2%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 10 (4%)
  • Good 168 (60%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 48 (17%)
  • Requires improvement 42 (15%)
  • Not yet rated 8 (3%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Barchester Tower
    St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex · TN37 6JA · Residential care home · 20 beds0.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • EVHM LLP - 19 Alexandra Road
    St. Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex · TN37 6LD · Residential care home · 3 beds0.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • EVHM LLP - 25 Alexandra Road
    St. Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex · TN37 6LD · Residential care home · 3 beds0.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 months ago
  • EVHM LLP - 51 Chapel Park Road
    St. Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex · TN37 6JB · Residential care home · 4 beds0.3 km
    Good S: OutstandingE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • EVHM LLP - 51a Chapel Park Road
    St. Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex · TN37 6JB · Residential care home · 1 beds0.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Whitecliff Care Home
    St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex · TN38 0JU · Nursing home · 28 beds0.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

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Kingswood House Nursing Home in brief

Kingswood House Nursing Home is one of 281 care homes in East Sussex: a 22-bed nursing home in St Leonards On Sea, run by Innowood Limited. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with mental health needs.

Barchester Tower, 0.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in January 2025. 90% of homes in East Sussex also score 5. Across East Sussex, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2022. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. That is down from Good in September 2019.