Rosemary Cottage
Highlands Farm, Ashford, TN26 3RJ · Kent · South East
6 beds · operated by Canterbury Oast Trust
Diligence verdict
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 3 years old, and 2 of this operator's 9 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeRequires improvement20 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement20 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 3 years old — published 20 Dec 2022. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 9 of Canterbury Oast Trust's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 20 Dec 2022 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 19 Jan 2018 |
| Caring | Outstandingrating 3+ yrs old | 19 Jan 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 19 Jan 2018 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 20 Dec 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 — 8 other locations
Other active services registered to Canterbury Oast Trust. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Boldshaves Oast | Good5 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Community Support Services | Requires improvement19 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Farm House | Good4 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Holly Cottage | Good15 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Homelands | Good1 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Ivy Cottage | Good14 Jul 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Old School House | Good21 Jun 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| The New Bungalow | Good29 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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See a sample and order →- Registered with CQC
- 30 Dec 2010
- Beds
- 6
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-122501990
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.