Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvementRated this month↓ Down from Good
SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?56%Requires improvement
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Involving people to manage risksSignificant shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
SafeguardingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?63%Good
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Assessing needsSome shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Monitoring and improving outcomesSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?55%Requires improvement
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Independence, choice and controlSome shortfalls
Kindness, compassion and dignitySome shortfalls
Treating people as individualsSome shortfalls
Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?64%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Providing InformationSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Planning for the futureGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 12 good, 21 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 Moreton Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 41 other homes in East Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
The Moreton Centre is one of 281 care homes in East Sussex: a 64-bed nursing home in St Leonards On Sea, run by St Matthews (Moreton Centre) Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with mental health needs. That is larger than most homes in East Sussex, where the typical home has 24 beds.
About 0.0 km away, Bethune Court is rated Good. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in February 2026. 90% of homes in East Sussex also score 5. 41 other homes in East Sussex share its tier, “Requires improvement”.
CQC last rated the home in October 2026, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, caring and well-led as well. For effective and responsive, the rating was Good. Its previous rating, in October 2022, was Good, so the home has slipped. Ratings in East Sussex are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 21 fell below good. The lowest was “involving people to manage risks” (significant shortfalls).
