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Highfield

1-3 Emily Jackson Close, Sevenoaks, TN13 1XH · Kent · South East

18 beds · operated by Avenues South East, part of The Avenues Trust

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement12 Jan 2024

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 2 years old, and 2 of this operator's 9 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement12 Jan 2024
Well-ledRequires improvement12 Jan 2024
Age of rating
2 years old — published 12 Jan 2024. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
2 of 9 of Avenues South East'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 questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvement12 Jan 2024
EffectiveGood12 Jan 2024
CaringGood12 Jan 2024
ResponsiveGood12 Jan 2024
Well-ledRequires improvement12 Jan 2024

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 — 9 other locations

Other active services registered to Avenues South East. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Avenues South East - 25 Beacon CloseGood16 Feb 2018rating 3+ yrs oldMedway
Avenues South East - 2a Higham RoadGood11 Jan 2018rating 3+ yrs oldMedway
Avenues South East - 320 Hempstead RoadGood21 Mar 2017rating 3+ yrs oldMedway
Avenues South East - 492 Maidstone RoadRequires improvement19 May 2020rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Avenues South East - 74 Wilson AvenueGood8 Sep 2018rating 3+ yrs oldMedway
Avenues South East - 87 Westbrook AvenueGood19 Apr 2026Kent
Avenues South East Services (ASES)Outstanding19 Nov 2022rating 3+ yrs oldKent
Avenues West KentNot yet ratedKent
Smock AcreGood22 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs oldKent

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
7 Apr 2014
Beds
18
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-1309169204

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.