SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Medicines optimisationSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?65%Good
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Shared direction and cultureGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 18 good, 15 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. ?
Lark View Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Lark View Care Home is an independent 64-bed nursing home in Canterbury, Kent, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Kent are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. Across Kent, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Lark View Care Limited has run the home since February 2025, when it changed owner. The Old Farm House Residential Home, 1.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
CQC last rated the home in March 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. CQC rated caring and responsive as Good. Ratings in Kent are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found significant shortfalls in “medicines optimisation”, one of 15 standards out of 33 scored below good.
