Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated 6 years ago↓ Down from GoodNew owner since September 2025
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
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. ?
The home changed owner in September 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Littlefair is an independent 41-bed residential care home in East Grinstead, West Sussex, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in West Sussex are smaller: the median there is 27 beds.
47 other homes in West Sussex share its tier, “Requires improvement”. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in September 2026. 92% of homes in West Sussex also score 5. Littlefair Care Ltd has run the home since September 2025, when it changed owner. The nearest home with a higher rating is Truscott Manor Care Home (Good), 1.2 km away.
CQC last rated the home in January 2020, giving it Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Good in June 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In West Sussex, 32% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
