SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
Whitecliff Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in East Sussex.
85% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Whitecliff Care Home is one of 281 care homes in East Sussex: a 28-bed nursing home in St Leonards On Sea, run by Coast Care Homes Ltd. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism.
CQC's latest rating, from March 2023, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. CQC rated well-led as Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in February 2017, was the same.
None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating. 4 of Coast Care Homes Ltd’s 4 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from March 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in East Sussex. In East Sussex, 85% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
