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. ?
Rivermere Retirement and Care 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%).
Run by WT UK Opco 2 Limited, Rivermere Retirement and Care Home is a residential care home in Sevenoaks, Kent with 102 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from September 2025. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. Across Kent, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC last rated the home in January 2018, giving it Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. Before that, in April 2017, it was rated Requires improvement. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 45% of homes in Kent. Here is how rating age varies by council.
