SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
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?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
St Michaels Rest Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 41 other homes in East Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
St Michaels Rest Home is an independent 40-bed residential care home in Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex, registered with CQC under its own name. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs. Most homes in East Sussex are smaller: the median there is 24 beds.
CQC last rated the home in December 2022, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated safe, effective and caring as Good. Its rating before that, in December 2020, was the same.
41 other homes in East Sussex share its tier, “Requires improvement”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from November 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in East Sussex. Eridge House Rest Home, 0.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
