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. ?
Windermere Rest Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 5 other homes in Southend-on-Sea.
91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Windermere Rest Home is one of 83 care homes in Southend-on-Sea: a 10-bed residential care home in Southend On Sea, run by Mr Kumarasingham Dharmasingham. It is registered to care for older people and people with dementia. It is a small home for Southend-on-Sea, where the median is 17 beds.
Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2025. 83% of homes in Southend-on-Sea also score 5. In Southend-on-Sea, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
CQC's latest rating, from July 2021, is Good overall. It was Good for safe, effective, caring and responsive as well. Well-led was rated Requires improvement. Its previous rating, in May 2019, was Requires improvement, so the home has improved. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 21% of ratings in Southend-on-Sea are as old (how rating age varies by council).
