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?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. ?
The home changed owner in June 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Summerhill Care (Dorset) Limited runs Summerhill Residential Care Home, a residential care home in Ferndown, Dorset with room for 15 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Dorset, where the median is 31 beds.
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2025. 100% of homes in Dorset also score 5. In Dorset, 94% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Summerhill Care (Dorset) Limited has run the home since June 2025, when it changed owner. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
In December 2018, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in August 2016. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 26% of homes in Dorset. Here is how rating age varies by council.
