Care home · Seaford
SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home
Typical fee here £1,400–£1,710 a week Estimate
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- Applewood, 37 Headland Avenue, Seaford, BN25 4PZ
- Run by
- The Royal School for the Blind (20 services)
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 255913)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 5 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- SeeAbility
- Registered manager
- Caroline Mary Pulleyn
- Last CQC check
- 13 May 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
CQC regulated activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-139666122
SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home at a glance
SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home in Seaford is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by The Royal School for the Blind. The service is registered to support adults under 65 and lists learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (May 2024). It is one of 18 CQC-registered care homes in and around Seaford; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What the ratings tell you
SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 172 of the 260 other care homes in East Sussex that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
How it fits locally
There are 17 other care homes within 3 miles, 12 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Southdown Housing Association - 28 Southdown Road, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (4 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (4 of the nearest 25).
10 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Seaford South ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (8 min), a park (5 min) and a bus stop (4 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The five key questions
- Safe75% score229 of 261 in East Sussex
- Effective75% score247 of 261 in East Sussex
- Caring75% score253 of 261 in East Sussex
- Responsive75% score238 of 261 in East Sussex
- Well-led75% score173 of 261 in East Sussex
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 13 May 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in East Sussex share it.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.
Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), East Sussex Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
History with CQC
CQC registration dates from December 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2017–2024), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
The CQC website holds 4 reports for it, the latest from 5 February 2020.
Ownership and company checks
The Royal School for the Blind runs 20 CQC-registered services across 9 council areas; 15 of the 16 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (94%), against 85% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in East Sussex.
It trades under the SeeAbility brand, which covers 20 services run by 1 registered provider.
Who it can help
Registration details from CQC.
Percentage scores by area
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 75%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 16 January 2024, published 13 May 2024, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Rating history
- Jan 2017
- Feb 2020
- May 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 5 February 2020
- CQC inspection report 17 January 2017
- Inspection report 15 August 2013
- Inspection report 17 September 2012
Area and map
- Ward
- Seaford South
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lewes
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN25 (18)
Larger map · Route planner · Map © OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the building
- Bus stop 330 m (4 min walk) · 8 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Seaford, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- GP surgery Seaford Podiatry, 970 m (12 min walk)
- Pharmacy L. Cameron & Son, 930 m (12 min walk)
- Shop Bond Food Market, 620 m (8 min walk)
- Park 370 m (5 min walk)
- Café Stick The Kettle On, 920 m (11 min walk)
- Place of worship Catholic Church of St Thomas More, 630 m (8 min walk)
- Library Seaford Library, 910 m (11 min walk)
Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- An assessment has been undertaken of a specialist service that is used by autistic people or people with a learning disability.
- The service supports people with learning disabilities and autism.
- We observed care and support in communal areas and reviewed 2 people’s care plans, 3 staff recruitment records as well as general records for the service.
- Right Support: The service had systems and processes in place to safely administer and record medicines use.
Inspected 14 January 2020; report published 5 February 2020; supporting 4 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
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How SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home compares
- Rated Good. Across East Sussex, 85% of the 261 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2024) is more recent than 65% of care home ratings in East Sussex.
- With 5 beds it is smaller than 91% of care homes in East Sussex, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 82% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in East Sussex lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in East Sussex. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Other care homes close by
Guides for families
Other care homes near Seaford with recent ratings
- Seaford Head Retirement HomeOct 2026
- Maldon HouseJun 2025
- Clifden House Dementia Care CentreAug 2025
Quick answers about SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home
- Does SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home support people with dementia?
- Its CQC registration does not list dementia. If that is a need now or later, check with the provider before deciding.
- When did CQC last rate SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home?
- 13 May 2024 is when the current rating was published, 2 years ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- What services is SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home registered for?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Where is SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home based?
- It is at Applewood, 37 Headland Avenue, Seaford, BN25 4PZ.
- Is SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-139666122) and was rated Good overall in May 2024.
- What are SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home's fees?
- We don't have published prices from SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- How is SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How big is SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home?
- CQC registers SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home for 5 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who runs SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home?
- CQC lists The Royal School for the Blind as the provider responsible for SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home.
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