SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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. ?
Woodstock Care Centre is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 90 other homes in Kent.
79% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Nellsar Limited runs Woodstock Care Centre, a nursing home in Sittingbourne, Kent with room for 60 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Kent has 24 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in March 2023. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. CQC rated effective, caring and responsive as Good. Its rating before that, in November 2019, was the same.
In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in December 2025. That is true of 90% of homes in Kent. It is one of 13 homes run by Nellsar Limited. 10 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. Rhyme House, 1.0 km away, is the closest home rated Good.
