SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?50%Requires improvement
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Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Safe environmentsSignificant shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?54%Requires improvement
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Supporting people to live healthier livesSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?62%Requires improvement
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSignificant shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?57%Requires improvement
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
Equity in experiences and outcomesSome shortfalls
Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Equity in accessGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?39%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSignificant shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 9 good, 24 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. ?
Seaford Family Care is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 41 other homes in East Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
HomesCare Ltd runs Seaford Family Care, a residential care home in Seaford, East Sussex with room for 19 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.
In February 2026, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. The typical rating in East Sussex is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. CQC found significant shortfalls in “workforce wellbeing and enablement”, one of 24 standards out of 33 scored below good.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in East Sussex. 41 other homes in East Sussex share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The nearest home with a higher rating is Maldon House (Good), 0.3 km away. HomesCare Ltd runs 2 care homes, and 0 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding.
