SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?72%Good
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Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Infection prevention and controlGood
Involving people to manage risksGood
Learning cultureGood
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe environmentsGood
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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Planning for the futureSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Person-centred careGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?68%Good
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersGood
Freedom to speak upGood
Learning, improvement and innovationGood
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 28 good, 5 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. ?
Wentworth Close is one of 281 care homes in East Sussex: a 4-bed residential care home in Bexhill On Sea, run by Aspens Charities. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, 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. It is a small home for East Sussex, where the median is 24 beds.
Its CQC rating, from August 2025, is Good across the board: overall and for every key question. Before that, in February 2020, it was rated Requires improvement. Ratings in East Sussex are typically about 4 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 5 fell below good. The lowest was “workforce wellbeing and enablement” (some shortfalls).
5 of Aspens Charities’s 6 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. Across East Sussex, 85% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England.
