Residential care home · Kent

Wolverton Court

Alkham Valley Road, Alkham, Dover, CT15 7DS

Outstanding Safe: OutstandingEffective: OutstandingCaring: OutstandingResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago

CQC rating

Outstanding
Published 22 June 2019 Rated 7 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Outstanding
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Outstanding
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Outstanding
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Outstanding
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Outstanding

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. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • October 2016OutstandingSECRW

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How it compares in Kent

Wolverton Court is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 16 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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Other homes run by High Quality Lifestyles Limited

7 care homes in total: 2 Outstanding, 5 Good.

  • Rose Farm House
    Ramsgate, Kent · CT12 5AG · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Outstanding S: OutstandingE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 4 years ago
  • Swerford House
    Dover, Kent · CT16 3AW · Residential care home · 7 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • 55 Sandwich Road
    Dover, Kent · CT16 3LT · Residential care home · 2 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 months ago
  • Ebbsfleet House
    Ramsgate, Kent · CT12 5DJ · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Martins
    Ramsgate, Kent · CT12 5DJ · Residential care home · 2 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • St. Michaels
    Dover, Kent · CT16 3DE · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago

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About Wolverton Court

High Quality Lifestyles Limited runs Wolverton Court, a residential care home in Dover, Kent with room for 6 residents. CQC registers it to look after people with a learning disability or autism. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is on the small side.

16 other homes in Kent share its tier, “Outstanding”. Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in September 2018. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. 7 of High Quality Lifestyles Limited’s 7 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest.

In June 2019, CQC gave it Outstanding overall, and Outstanding for each of the five key questions too. That matches its previous rating, from October 2016. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Kent, 45% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).