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?★Outstanding
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. ?
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. ?
The Grange - Benenden is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 14 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Grange (2016) Ltd runs The Grange - Benenden, a residential care home in Cranbrook, Kent with room for 19 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in November 2018. Safe, effective, caring and well-led were also Good. For responsive, the rating was Outstanding. That is up from Requires improvement in September 2017. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Kent, 45% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 2 of The Grange (2016) Ltd’s 2 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). CQC's register shows no registered manager at the moment. In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from May 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Kent.
