GoodSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: GoodRated 6 months ago↑ Up from Req. improvementNo registered managerNew owner since September 2024
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Safe environmentsGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?71%Good
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?75%Good
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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?68%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 26 good, 7 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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Shottendane Nursing 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 Shottendane N Home Limited, Shottendane Nursing Home is a nursing home in Margate, Kent with 38 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. Across Kent, 79% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Shottendane N Home Limited has run the home since September 2024, when it changed owner. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2026, is Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated safe as Requires improvement. That is up from Requires improvement in October 2022. That is more recent than most ratings in Kent, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 7 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).
