SeeAbility - Kent Supported Living
Laburnum House, Birchington, CT7 9DQ · Kent · South East
Community based adult social care services · operated by The Royal School for the Blind, part of SeeAbility
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (1 Jul 2022), the rating is 4 years old, and 1 of this operator's 14 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement1 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 4 years old — published 1 Jul 2022. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 1 of 14 of The Royal School for the Blind's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Jul 2022 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Jul 2022 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Jul 2022 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Jul 2022 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 1 Jul 2022 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 21 other locations
Other active services registered to The Royal School for the Blind. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| SeeAbility - Aldershot Support Service | Good24 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Hampshire |
| SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home | Good13 May 2024 | East Sussex |
| SeeAbility - Barclay House Residential Home | Good2 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs old | East Sussex |
| SeeAbility - Bicester Support Service | Not Rated | Oxfordshire |
| SeeAbility - Denecroft Residential Home | Good18 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Surrey |
| SeeAbility - Devon Support Service | Good25 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Devon |
| SeeAbility - Fiennes House Residential Home | Good25 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Somerset |
| SeeAbility - Fir Tree Lodge Residential Home | Good29 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Hampshire |
| SeeAbility - Heather House Nursing Home | Requires improvement8 Jun 2026 | Hampshire |
| SeeAbility - Surrey Views | Good7 Dec 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Surrey |
| SeeAbility - The Willows | Good9 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Surrey |
| SeeAbility Buckinghamshire Support Service | Not Rated | Buckinghamshire |
…and 9 more. See the full group view.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 14 Jan 2021
- Service type
- Community based adult social care services
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-10212079624
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.