Residential care home · Kent

Orchard House

Ashford Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3ED

Requires improvement Safe: InadequateEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
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Orchard House is a residential care home in Ashford in Kent, run by Caretech Community Services (No.2) Limited. It has 10 registered beds and supports people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism.

Its latest CQC rating, published August 2025, is Requires improvement overall. It was rated Inadequate for safe; Good for responsive. For comparison, 79% of care homes in Kent are rated Good or Outstanding.

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 27 August 2025 Rated 1 year ago
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Inadequate
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
  • 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

Orchard House 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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The provider's other homes

Caretech Community Services (No.2) Limited runs 24 care homes registered with CQC: 1 Outstanding, 21 Good, 2 Requires improvement.

  • The Goodwins
    Deal, Kent · CT14 9JR · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Kingston House
    Canterbury, Kent · CT4 6HZ · Residential care home · 9 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Oaklands
    Ashford, Kent · TN24 9AE · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 years ago
  • Ashwood Place
    Hitchin, Hertfordshire · SG4 9JG · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Caretech Community Services (No 2) Limited - 100 Woodcote Grove Road
    Coulsdon, Croydon · CR5 2AF · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Caretech Community Services (No 2) Limited - 22 Prices Avenue
    Margate, Kent · CT9 2NT · Residential care home · 6 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago

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Care homes nearby

  • Park View Care Centre
    Ashford, Kent · TN23 3NZ · Nursing home · 88 beds0.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 months ago
  • Southfields
    Ashford, Kent · TN23 5RW · Residential care home · 10 beds1.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • The Kent Autistic Trust - 118 Beaver Lane
    Ashford, Kent · TN23 5NX · Residential care home · 6 beds1.8 km
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • The Kent Autistic Trust - 165 Jemmett Road
    Ashford, Kent · TN23 4RH · Residential care home · 6 beds1.9 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Singleton Nursing & Residential Home Limited
    Ashford, Kent · TN23 5LB · Nursing home · 49 beds2.4 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Glover House
    Ashford, Kent · TN24 0RZ · Residential care home · 8 beds3.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago

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