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?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. ?
Kippingtons Nursing Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 43 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Kippingtons Nursing Home is a 55-bed nursing home in Sevenoaks, Kent, run by Aria Healthcare Group LTD. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. Most homes in Kent are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2026. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). 34 of Aria Healthcare Group LTD’s 38 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The nearest home with a higher rating is Weald Heights (Outstanding), 0.8 km away.
CQC last rated the home in September 2022, giving it Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from March 2019.
