Sheringham House
- Care home
- 10 beds
- No nursing
- Registered since 2020
- Gravesend, Kent, South East
Requires improvement
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
6 ratings
Its last inspection improved it from Inadequate to Requires improvement.
3 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
89 of 445
rated care homes in Kent are rated Requires improvement, like this one.
Sheringham House: inspection record
Rated Requires improvement in June 2023, up from Inadequate.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Echo Square House (Good, 0.2 miles away) and Benham Lodge (Good, 0.9 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Echo Square House Good, 0.2 miles away
- RI Larchwood Grove Requires improvement, 0.2 miles away
- – Springwood Corner Care Home Not yet rated, 0.5 miles away
- RI Edwin Therapeutic Unit Requires improvement, 0.7 miles away
- RI The Hollies Residential Home Requires improvement, 0.8 miles away
About the service
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 7 June 2023. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Sheringham House is a residential care home providing a regulated activity of accommodation for people who require personal care for up to 10 people. The service provides support to people with a learning disability and autistic people. At the time of our inspection there were 8 people using the service. The service was a large home and people's rooms were on the ground floor and first floor.
What inspectors found
We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. 'Right support, right care, right culture' is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
Right Support: People were not always supported to have maximum choice and control during mealtimes. Some people at the service could take other people's food and drink and this had not been consistently well managed. People had not always been supported to maintain a healthy weight, for example some people were identified as being overweight and there was not a clear plan in place to support these people. Staff supported people to achieve their aspirations and goals and these were regularly reviewed. The service gave people care and support in a safe, well equipped, well-furnished, and well-maintained environment that met their sensory and physical needs. People were not always supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff did not support them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service did not support this practice.
Right Care: People received kind and compassionate care. Staff protected and respected people's privacy and dignity. They understood and responded to their individual needs. Staff understood how to protect people from poor care and abuse. The service worked well with other agencies to do so. Staff had training on how to recognise and report abuse and they knew how to apply it. People's care and support plans reflected their range of needs and this promoted their wellbeing and enjoyment of life.
Right Culture: People and those important to them, including advocates, were involved in planning their care. Relatives told us since the last inspection the service has improved their communication with them. Staff knew and understood people well and were responsive, supporting their aspirations to live a quality life of their choosing.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Safe was rated Requires improvement on 7 June 2023. Ask how medicines are managed, how staffing levels are decided and how incidents are reviewed.
- Effective was rated Requires improvement on 7 June 2023. Ask about staff training and how health appointments are arranged.
- Well-led was rated Requires improvement on 7 June 2023. Ask about changes in management and what has changed since the report.
- The last rating is 3 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Kerry Pidwell
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)3 inspection reports, latest 7 June 2023. The reports are on the Care Quality Commission website.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Achieve Together LimitedBrand: Achieve Together
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 03153442 (opens Companies House)
Achieve Together Limited runs 160 services in England, 63 of them in the South East. 128 are rated Good or Outstanding, 25 are rated Requires improvement or Inadequate and 7 have no rating yet.
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Getting help from Kent County Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Kent County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 03000 41 61 61, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Kent County Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Sheringham House provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists Sheringham House as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does Sheringham House have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 10 beds at Sheringham House.
- When was Sheringham House last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Sheringham House was published on 7 June 2023.
- Who runs Sheringham House?
- Sheringham House is run by Achieve Together Limited. It runs 160 services in England, 63 of them in the South East.
- What is Sheringham House's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Requires improvement, published on 7 June 2023.
Contact
- Phone
- 01474 329807
- Address
- 54 Old Road East, Gravesend, DA12 1NR Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
Nearest rated Good or Outstanding: Echo Square House (Good, 0.2 miles away) and Benham Lodge (Good, 0.9 miles away).
Nearest care homes:
- G Echo Square House Good, 0.2 miles away
- RI Larchwood Grove Requires improvement, 0.2 miles away
- – Springwood Corner Care Home Not yet rated, 0.5 miles away
- RI Edwin Therapeutic Unit Requires improvement, 0.7 miles away
- RI The Hollies Residential Home Requires improvement, 0.8 miles away