SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?44%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSignificant shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSignificant shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
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Assessing needsGood
Consent to care and treatmentGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Monitoring and improving outcomesGood
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?62%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
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: 24 good, 9 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. ?
The Four Seasons Trust Limited - 33 Abbotswood is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 63 other homes in Surrey.
81% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Four Seasons Trust Limited - 33 Abbotswood in brief
The Four Seasons Trust Limited - 33 Abbotswood is an independent 4-bed residential care home in Guildford, Surrey, registered with CQC under its own name. It is registered to care for younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is a small home for Surrey, where the median is 30 beds.
In Surrey, 81% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). About 1.4 km away, The Clavadel is rated Good.
CQC's latest rating, from April 2026, is Requires improvement overall. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from February 2020. That is more recent than most ratings in Surrey, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 9 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).
