Residential care home · Bexley

Mountview

118 Upton Road, Bexleyheath, DA6 8LX

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated 11 months ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 27 November 2025 Rated 11 months ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?62%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 8 below good
    • Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 6 below good
    • Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
    • Assessing needsGood
    • Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
    • How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
    • Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
    • Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?62%Requires improvement
    See the breakdownHide the breakdown1 of 5 below good
    • Kindness, compassion and dignitySignificant shortfalls
    • Independence, choice and controlGood
    • Responding to people's immediate needsGood
    • Treating people as individualsGood
    • Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Care provision, integration and continuityGood
    • Equity in accessGood
    • Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
    • Listening to and involving peopleGood
    • Person-centred careGood
    • Planning for the futureGood
    • Providing InformationGood
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
    • Learning, improvement and innovationGood
    • 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: 30 good, 3 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • January 2018GoodSECRW
  • January 2016GoodSECRW

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 Bexley

Mountview is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 6 other homes in Bexley. 75% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 1 (4%)
  • Good 18 (64%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 2 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 7 (25%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Adelaide Care Home
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Maples Care Home
    Bexleyheath, Bexley · DA7 4EU · Nursing home · 75 beds1.3 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
  • Parkview
    Bexleyheath, Bexley · DA7 4LP · Residential care home · 69 beds1.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Groveland Park Care Home
    Bexleyheath, Bexley · DA7 6EF · Residential care home · 55 beds2.0 km
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Loring Hall Limited
    Sidcup, Bexley · DA14 5ES · Residential care home · 16 beds2.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Chapel Hill
    Dartford, Bexley · DA1 4BY · Residential care home · 21 beds2.5 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago

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What the data says about Mountview

Run by Bexley Independent Living Services Limited, Mountview is a residential care home in Bexleyheath, Bexley with 8 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Bexley has 39 beds, so this one is on the small side.

The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in November 2025. It was Requires improvement for safe and caring as well. For effective, responsive and well-led, the rating was Good. Before that, in January 2018, it was rated Good. That is more recent than most ratings in Bexley, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 3 fell below good. The lowest was “kindness, compassion and dignity” (significant shortfalls).

About 0.9 km away, Adelaide Care Home is rated Good. In Bexley, 75% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from July 2024. 95% of homes in Bexley score the top mark of 5.