Care home · Littlehampton
Fairlight Nursing Home
Typical fee here £1,660–£2,030 a week Estimate
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- 121 Worthing Road, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3LX
- Run by
- Forever Care Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 62 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on fairlightnursinghome.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Katrina Janet Austin
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2006 (20 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 05707767)
- Last CQC check
- 27 Jul 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-106889395
About this home
Fairlight Nursing Home in Littlehampton is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Forever Care Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (July 2022). It is one of 6 CQC-registered care homes in and around Rustington; 3 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who they support
Taken from its CQC registration.
The registered provider
Fairlight Nursing Home is run by Forever Care Ltd (company 05707767), incorporated in 2006, 4 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
Ratings over time
- Feb 2016
- Apr 2017
- Dec 2017
- Jan 2019
- Jan 2020
- Jun 2021
- Nov 2021
- Jul 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 27 July 2022
- CQC inspection report 12 November 2021
- CQC inspection report 5 June 2021
- CQC inspection report 17 January 2020
- CQC inspection report 22 January 2019
- CQC inspection report 5 December 2017
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 14 September 2026 by Arun. On a visit, ask to see this week's menu and how residents choose what they eat.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Fairlight Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Rustington West
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN16 (18)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 240 m (3 min walk) · 8 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Angmering, 1.5 km (19 min walk)
- GP surgery Westcourt Medical Centre, 710 m (9 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 740 m (9 min walk)
- Shop M&S Simply Food, 60 m (1 min walk)
- Park 230 m (3 min walk)
- Café Wild Bean Café, 60 m (1 min walk)
- Place of worship Saint Joseph's, 730 m (9 min walk)
- Library Rustington Library, 880 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.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Track record
Fairlight Nursing Home has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2016–2022), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
At 4 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 27 July 2022.
Reading Fairlight Nursing Home's CQC ratings
CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 232 of the 316 other care homes in West Sussex that CQC has rated.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 15 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Ashdown Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (2 of the nearest 25).
14 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Rustington West ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% 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 GP surgery (9 min), a pharmacy (9 min), a shop (1 min), a park (3 min), a café (1 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe267 of 317 in West Sussex
- Effective289 of 317 in West Sussex
- Caring294 of 317 in West Sussex
- Responsive286 of 317 in West Sussex
- Well-led233 of 317 in West Sussex
As rated by CQC, published 27 July 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Sussex share it.
Inspection findings in brief
- Since our last inspection it was evident the managers of the service and the staff had made improvements which had raised the standard of care people received.
- Processes for managing medicines and quality assurance and monitoring systems had been revised and embedded.
- This had improved managerial oversight and the overall governance of the home.
- People were protected from avoidable harm as risks to people's health and safety were identified and assessed.
Inspected 9 June 2022; report published 27 July 2022; supporting 62 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Costs to expect
We estimate Fairlight Nursing Home at £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£106k.
For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask West Sussex Council for a free care needs assessment.
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How Fairlight Nursing Home compares
- Rated Good. Across West Sussex, 84% of the 317 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2022) is more recent than 43% of care home ratings in West Sussex.
- With 62 beds it is larger than 87% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 75% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in West Sussex (Oct 2026).
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Guides for families
Rustington: care homes inspected recently
- Ashdown LodgeJun 2026
Fairlight Nursing Home questions answered
- Does Fairlight Nursing Home support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- How recent is Fairlight Nursing Home's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 27 July 2022, 4 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- What kind of care can Fairlight Nursing Home offer?
- Its CQC registration covers nursing homes. Ask Fairlight Nursing Home how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Where is Fairlight Nursing Home?
- It is at 121 Worthing Road, Rustington, Littlehampton, BN16 3LX.
- Is Fairlight Nursing Home registered with CQC?
- Fairlight Nursing Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-106889395) and was rated Good overall in July 2022.
- How much does care from Fairlight Nursing Home cost?
- No fee list from Fairlight Nursing Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How is Fairlight Nursing Home rated for safety and leadership?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Fairlight Nursing Home: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How many residents can Fairlight Nursing Home take?
- Fairlight Nursing Home has 62 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who runs Fairlight Nursing Home?
- The registered provider is Forever Care Ltd, according to CQC.
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