Sewells
6 Sewells, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AQ · Hertfordshire · East of England
7 beds · operated by Royal Mencap Society, part of Royal Mencap Society
CQC marks this as an inherited rating — carried over from the location's previous registration (for example after a change of ownership), not from an inspection of the current registration.
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (17 Mar 2023), the rating is 3 years old, and 3 of this operator's 60 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement17 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 3 years old — published 17 Mar 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 3 of 60 of Royal Mencap Society'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 | 17 Mar 2023 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 17 Mar 2023 |
| Caring | Not yet rated | — |
| Responsive | Not yet rated | — |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 17 Mar 2023 |
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 — 65 other locations
Other active services registered to Royal Mencap Society. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| 92 North Street | Good17 Apr 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Staffordshire |
| Arbor Way | Good1 Jun 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Solihull |
| Bluebell House | Good4 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Middlesbrough |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Domiciliary Care Agency | Good16 Nov 2017rating 3+ yrs old | Peterborough |
| Chestnut House | Good1 Apr 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Cinnamon House | Good14 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Middlesbrough |
| Cornwall and South Devon Support Services | Good7 Jul 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Cornwall |
| Cottingham Road | Good5 Mar 2018rating 3+ yrs old | North Northamptonshire |
| Dolphin Court | Good23 Mar 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Hampshire |
| Doncaster Community Support | Not Rated | Doncaster |
| East Fields | Outstanding9 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Derbyshire |
| East Sussex Domiciliary Care Agency | Good25 Oct 2019rating 3+ yrs old | East Sussex |
…and 53 more. See the full group view.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- Beds
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- Sector
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- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-26764266346
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.