Residential care home · Kent

Winchester House

455 Minster Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, ME12 3NS

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↓ Down from Good

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 28 April 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Earlier ratings ?

  • December 2019GoodSECRW previous owner
  • December 2018Requires improvementSECRW previous owner
  • November 2017GoodSECRW previous owner
  • December 2015GoodSECRW previous owner

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 Kent

Winchester House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent. 79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 17 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 15 (3%)
  • Good 287 (59%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 44 (9%)
  • Requires improvement 91 (19%)
  • Inadequate 8 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 23 (5%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Barton Court
    Sheerness, Kent · ME12 3PX · Residential care home · 57 beds0.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 11 months ago
  • Oakdene Rest Home
    Sheerness, Kent · ME12 3LH · Residential care home · 27 beds0.9 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 7 months ago
  • Ocean Heights Residential Home
    Sheerness, Kent · ME12 2NJ · Residential care home · 50 beds1.1 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Island Sands Residential Care Home
    Sheerness, Kent · ME12 2NJ · Residential care home · 44 beds1.1 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Moordean
    Sheerness, Kent · ME12 3QP · Residential care home · 6 beds1.4 km
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago
  • Meadows
    Sheerness, Kent · ME12 3QP · Residential care home · 5 beds1.4 km
    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated

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Other homes run by Achieve Together Limited

139 care homes in total: 7 Outstanding, 108 Good, 23 Requires improvement, 1 Not yet rated.

  • Addington Road
    Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · NN9 5UT · Residential care home · 2 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago
  • Hayway
    Rushden, North Northamptonshire · NN10 6AG · Residential care home · 2 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago
  • Highfields
    Swadlincote, Derbyshire · DE11 9AR · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 months ago
  • Irchester 168
    Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire · NN29 7EW · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago
  • Rushden
    Rushden, North Northamptonshire · NN10 6BB · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago
  • The Regard Partnership Limited - Restormel Terrace
    Plymouth · PL4 6BJ · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 8 years ago

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Winchester House in brief

Winchester House is one of 485 care homes in Kent: a 12-bed residential care home in Sheerness, run by Achieve Together Limited. CQC registers it to look after younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. That is smaller than most homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24 beds.

The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from February 2026. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. 90 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Requires improvement”. It is one of 139 homes run by Achieve Together Limited. 115 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. The nearest home with a higher rating is Barton Court (Good), 0.2 km away.

In April 2022, CQC gave it Requires improvement overall, and Requires improvement for each of the five key questions too. Its previous rating, in December 2019, was Good, so the home has slipped.