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?67%Good
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Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
How staff, teams and services work togetherSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentGood
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?71%Good
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Listening to and involving peopleSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Person-centred careGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?71%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
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: 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. ?
Watery Lane Cottage is in the Good tier ?, with 33 other homes in Bath and North East Somerset.
86% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Watery Lane Cottage is one of 51 care homes in Bath and North East Somerset: a 3-bed residential care home in Bath, run by Achieve Together Limited. It is registered to care for younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Bath and North East Somerset has 31 beds, so this one is on the small side.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. Achieve Together Limited runs 139 care homes, and 115 of the 138 rated are Good or Outstanding. Across Bath and North East Somerset, 86% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
In October 2026, CQC gave it Good overall, and Good for each of the five key questions too. That matches its previous rating, from February 2019. Ratings in Bath and North East Somerset are typically about 3 years old, which makes this one newer than most. CQC found some shortfalls in “consent to care and treatment”, one of 7 standards out of 33 scored below good.
