SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?66%Good
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Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
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?70%Good
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Workforce wellbeing and enablementSome shortfalls
Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Care provision, integration and continuitySome shortfalls
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
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 26 good, 7 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. ?
Ventura is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 16 other homes in North Somerset.
95% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Kismet House Care Home Limited runs Ventura, a residential care home in Weston Super Mare, North Somerset with room for 7 residents. Its CQC registration covers people with mental health needs. It is a small home for North Somerset, where the median is 26 beds.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2026, is Good overall. Safe, effective, caring and responsive were also Good. For well-led, the rating was Requires improvement. Before that, in September 2023, it was rated Requires improvement. The typical rating in North Somerset is about 4 years old, so this one is fairly recent. 7 of its 33 scored standards were below good, including “governance, management and sustainability”.
Kismet House Care Home Limited runs 2 care homes, and all 2 rated are Good or Outstanding. None of the 5 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. That is true of 77% of homes in North Somerset. In North Somerset, 95% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
