SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Little Smugglers is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 47 other homes in West Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Consensus Support Services Limited runs Little Smugglers, a residential care home in Crawley Down, West Sussex with room for 9 residents. Its CQC registration covers younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in West Sussex has 27 beds, so this one is on the small side.
In West Sussex, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in January 2026. 92% of homes in West Sussex also score 5. Greenways, 1.1 km away, is the closest home rated Good. It is one of 56 homes run by Consensus Support Services Limited. 52 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in April 2023. Responsive and well-led were also Requires improvement. For safe, effective and caring, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from July 2022.
