L'Arche Kent
18a St Radigunds Street, Canterbury, CT1 2AA · Kent · South East
Community based adult social care services · operated by L'Arche
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 3 years old, and 3 of this operator's 14 rated homes are below Good.
- Age of rating
- 3 years old — published 18 May 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 3 of 14 of L'Arche'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 | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 18 May 2023 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 4 Apr 2018 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 4 Apr 2018 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 4 Apr 2018 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 18 May 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 — 13 other locations
Other active services registered to L'Arche. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| L'Arche Bognor Regis | Good23 Dec 2025 | West Sussex |
| L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany | Good23 Jul 2024 | West Sussex |
| L'Arche Bognor Regis Jericho | Requires improvement24 May 2022rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
| L'Arche Bognor Regis Zacchaeus | Good7 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old | West Sussex |
| L'Arche Ipswich | Outstanding31 Jul 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Suffolk |
| L'Arche Kent Faith House | Requires improvement9 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| L'Arche Kent The Rainbow | Good3 Apr 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| L'Arche Liverpool | Good16 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Liverpool |
| L'Arche London | Good17 Aug 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Lambeth |
| L'Arche London Gothic Lodge | Good21 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Lambeth |
| L'Arche Manchester - St Paul's Office | Outstanding13 Mar 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Manchester |
| L'Arche Preston | Requires improvement22 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Lancashire |
…and 1 more.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- 16 Nov 2012
- Service type
- Community based adult social care services
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-489513807
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.