Care home · Lancing
Rectory House Nursing Home
Typical fee here £1,660–£2,030 a week Estimate
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- West Street, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 0DA
- Run by
- Rectory House Care Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 48 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2025 (10 months)
- Registered manager
- Serah Caroline Waithira Maina
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2024 (2 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 15927151)
- Last CQC check
- 26 Jul 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-24728347451
An overview of Rectory House Nursing Home
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Rectory House Nursing Home is based in Lancing, run by Rectory House Care Limited. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (July 2022). Safe was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Sompting; 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The ratings in context
Looking at the five areas: Safe is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across West Sussex, 49 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (15%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Around Lancing
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Ball Tree Croft, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (6 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (2 of the nearest 25).
10 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Peverel ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% 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 (3 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (4 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Likely fees
We estimate Rectory House 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.
NHS-funded nursing care covers part of the nursing cost for eligible residents and is paid directly to the home.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), West Sussex Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Rectory House Nursing Home over the years
Rectory House Nursing Home registered with CQC in December 2025, so it is a new service.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2015–2022), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
4 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
CQC carried the rating over from the previous provider; the new one is still awaiting inspection at this address.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
The company behind Rectory House Nursing Home
Rectory House Nursing Home is run by Rectory House Care Limited (company 15927151), incorporated in 2024, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
Rating history
- Mar 2015
- Feb 2017
- Jan 2020
- Jul 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 2 June 2026 by Adur. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Rectory House Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Peverel
- Parliamentary constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN15 (7)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 50 m (1 min walk) · 25 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Lancing, 1.5 km (19 min walk)
- GP surgery Ball Tree Surgery, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy Cokeham Pharmacy, 300 m (4 min walk)
- Shop One Stop, 350 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship Sompting United Reformed Church, 370 m (5 min walk)
- Library Lancing Library, 1.4 km (17 min walk)
Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.
Ward and NHS boundaries from official postcode data, Open Government Licence.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe49 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
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 26 July 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Sussex share it.
Family reviews
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Rectory House Nursing Home against its area
- 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 48 beds it is larger than 77% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2025, it is one of the newest care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (15% of care homes in West Sussex are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Comparison set: every registered care home in West Sussex, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Frequently asked about Rectory House Nursing Home
- Which provider runs Rectory House Nursing Home?
- CQC lists Rectory House Care Limited as the provider responsible for Rectory House Nursing Home.
- How many beds does Rectory House Nursing Home have?
- Rectory House Nursing Home has 48 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How did Rectory House Nursing Home score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How much does Rectory House Nursing Home charge?
- Rectory House Nursing Home's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- What services is Rectory House Nursing Home registered for?
- CQC lists Rectory House Nursing Home under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Rectory House Nursing Home a registered provider?
- Yes. Rectory House Nursing Home is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-24728347451) and was rated Good overall in July 2022.
- Where is Rectory House Nursing Home based?
- It is at West Street, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 0DA.
- How recent is Rectory House Nursing Home's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 26 July 2022, 4 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Can Rectory House Nursing Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
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