Chaucer House
82 St. Martins Hill, Canterbury, CT1 1PS · Kent · South East
What the record says
Rated Inadequate overall, and 2 of this operator's 11 rated services are below Good.
- Below Good on
- SafeInadequate, published 25 Jun 2026EffectiveInadequate, published 25 Jun 2026CaringInadequate, published 25 Jun 2026ResponsiveInadequate, published 25 Jun 2026Well-ledInadequate, published 25 Jun 2026
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 2 of 11 of Avante Care and Support Limited's rated services are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home with nursing
- Beds
- 60
- Registered with CQC
- 16 Mar 2020
- Run by
- Avante Care and Support Limited
- Part of
- Avante Care & Support · 14 services
- Phone
- 01227671985
Contact details as recorded by CQC — we don’t hold fees, vacancies or waiting lists, so those are worth asking about directly.
Who this service supports
The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.
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Care home with nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Inadequate | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Effective | Inadequate | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Caring | Inadequate | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Responsive | Inadequate | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Well-led | Inadequate | 25 Jun 2026 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 13 other locations
Other active services registered to Avante Care and Support Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Amherst Court | Good, published 7 Oct 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Medway |
| Avante Home Care and Support Service | Not yet rated | Bexley |
| Avante Home Care and Support Service | Good, published 3 Apr 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Barnes Lodge | Requires improvement, published 26 May 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Bridge Haven | Good, published 16 May 2025 | Kent |
| Court Regis | Good, published 22 Apr 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Northbourne Court | Good, published 25 Oct 2023 | Bexley |
| Parkview | Good, published 31 Oct 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Bexley |
| Pilgrims View | Good, published 12 Dec 2017rating 3+ yrs old | Kent |
| Puddingstone Grange | Good, published 11 Nov 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Greenwich |
| Riverdale Court | Requires improvement, published 6 Aug 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Bexley |
| Wain House | Not yet rated | Kent |
…and 1 more. See the full group view.
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
CQC publishes registrations and ratings. It holds nothing at all about fees, current vacancies, staffing levels, or the building itself — there is no field anywhere for door widths, hoists, wet rooms or ground-floor rooms. So no site, including this one, can tell you those. They are worth asking directly — the number is above.
- What are the fees, and what do they not include?
- Do you have a vacancy now, and would you hold a room?
- How many staff are on at night, and how are transfers staffed?
- What change in someone’s needs would mean they had to move, and can I see that in the contract?
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- Take the visit checklistWhat to look for and the questions to ask when you visit — the things a rating cannot tell you.
- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
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- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
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- Adisham HouseCanterbury · 9 bedsGood, published 15 Feb 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Ashford LodgeCanterbury · 9 bedsGood, published 3 Jun 2024
- Bridge HavenCanterbury · 53 bedsGood, published 16 May 2025
- Canterbury Adult Support UnitCanterbury · 5 bedsGood, published 24 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-8400894768
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.