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Rosemary Cottage

Highlands Farm, Ashford, TN26 3RJ · Kent · South East

6 beds · operated by Canterbury Oast Trust

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement20 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs old

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 old
Well-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 questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old20 Dec 2022
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old19 Jan 2018
CaringOutstandingrating 3+ yrs old19 Jan 2018
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old19 Jan 2018
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old20 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.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Boldshaves OastGood5 May 2018rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Community Support ServicesRequires improvement19 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Farm HouseGood4 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Holly CottageGood15 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs oldKent
HomelandsGood1 May 2018rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Ivy CottageGood14 Jul 2018rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Old School HouseGood21 Jun 2018rating 3+ yrs oldKent
The New BungalowGood29 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs oldKent

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
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 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.