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. ?
Southlawns is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 15 other homes in Somerset.
89% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Somerset Care Limited runs Southlawns, a residential care home in Street, Somerset with room for 40 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and younger adults. The typical home in Somerset has 25 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Somerset Care Limited runs 21 care homes, and 20 of the 21 rated are Good or Outstanding. In Somerset, 89% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in July 2025. 94% of homes in Somerset also score 5.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in October 2019. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from February 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Somerset, 31% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
