Residential care home · West Sussex

Waterbury House

8 Ford Road, Ford, Arundel, BN18 0BH

Good Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good Rated this month

CQC rating

Good
Published 27 October 2026 Rated this month ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 8 good
    • Infection prevention and controlGood
    • Involving people to manage risksGood
    • Learning cultureGood
    • Medicines optimisationGood
    • Safe and effective staffingGood
    • Safe environmentsGood
    • Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
    • SafeguardingGood
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 6 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 5 good
    • 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
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • 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?75%Good
    See the breakdownHide the breakdownAll 7 good
    • Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
    • Freedom to speak upGood
    • Governance, management and sustainabilityGood
    • 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: 33 good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2019GoodSECRW
  • July 2016GoodSECRW

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in West Sussex

Waterbury House is in the Good tier ?, with 209 other homes in West Sussex. 85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 12 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 14 (4%)
  • Good 210 (63%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 32 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 48 (14%)
  • Not yet rated 17 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Strawberry Fields
    Littlehampton, West Sussex · BN17 7PD · Residential care home · 10 beds1.8 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 7 years ago
  • Warmere Court
    Arundel, West Sussex · BN18 0HN · Nursing home · 40 beds2.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • Walberton Place Care Home
    Arundel, West Sussex · BN18 0AS · Residential care home · 80 beds2.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 months ago
  • Yewtree Care Limited t/a Yewtree Nursing Home
    Arundel, West Sussex · BN18 0DU · Nursing home · 40 beds2.6 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Requires improvement Rated 8 months ago
  • Norden House
    Littlehampton, West Sussex · BN17 5SN · Nursing home · 64 beds2.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 months ago
  • Camellots Care Home
    Littlehampton, West Sussex · BN17 7BY · Residential care home · 8 beds3.2 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

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Other homes run by Consensus Support Services Limited

56 care homes in total: 5 Outstanding, 47 Good, 3 Requires improvement, 1 Not yet rated.

  • Cheshire House
    Sale, Trafford · M33 6SA · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • Haydock House
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 9HX · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Outstanding S: OutstandingE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Heatherington House
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN16 0EF · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Outstanding S: OutstandingE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Holland House
    Corby, North Northamptonshire · NN17 1UX · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • Kingarth
    Manchester, Bury · M26 1LS · Residential care home · 7 beds
    Outstanding S: OutstandingE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 2 years ago
  • 78 Polwell Lane
    Kettering, North Northamptonshire · NN15 6UB · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 8 years ago

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Waterbury House in brief

Waterbury House is a 8-bed residential care home in Arundel, West Sussex, run by Consensus Support Services Limited. CQC registers it to look after younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in West Sussex has 27 beds, so this one is on the small side.

Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in January 2022. In West Sussex, 92% of homes score 5. Across West Sussex, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. 52 of Consensus Support Services Limited’s 55 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.

CQC rated it Good overall and in all five key questions in October 2026. Its rating before that, in February 2019, was the same. That is more recent than most ratings in West Sussex, where the typical rating is about 4 years old. CQC scored 33 standards, and every one was good.