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Nursing home · Kent

Lark View Care Home

Cockering Road, Canterbury, CT1 3UR

Requires improvement SafeEffectiveCaringResponsiveWell-led Rated 5 months ago
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Lark View Care Home is a nursing home in Canterbury in Kent, run by Lark View Care Limited (part of Care Concern Group). It has 64 registered beds and supports older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.

Its latest CQC rating, published March 2026, is Requires improvement overall. It was rated Good for caring and responsive. For comparison, 79% of care homes in Kent are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 27 March 2026 Rated 5 months ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
  • ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
  • Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement

Read the full inspection report on cqc.org.uk ↗

How it compares in Kent

Lark View Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier, alongside 87 other homes in Kent. Of the 461 rated care homes here, 79% are Good or Outstanding (England: 83%).

  • Outstanding 17 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 15 (3%)
  • Good 287 (59%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 46 (10%)
  • Requires improvement 88 (18%)
  • Inadequate 8 (2%)
  • Not yet rated 22 (5%)

Half of Kent's ratings are more than 5.5 years old. How tiers work

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