Care home · Yeovil
Cambian Lufton Manor College
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- Lufton, Yeovil, BA22 8ST
- Run by
- Cambian Whinfell School Limited (5 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 40 (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
- June 2014 (12 years)
- Part of
- CareTech Community Services
- Registered manager
- Sophia Ann Cursons, Eiron Marie Haines, Clare Louise Payne, Charly Holly Jade Wiles
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2002 (23 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04617562)
- Last CQC check
- 16 Dec 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-1452012056
About this home
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Cambian Lufton Manor College is based in Yeovil, run by Cambian Whinfell School Limited. It supports adults under 65 and children, with registered specialisms in learning disabilities.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (December 2024). It is one of 16 CQC-registered care homes in and around Yeovil; 14 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who runs it
Cambian Lufton Manor College is run by Cambian Whinfell School Limited (company 04617562), incorporated in 2002, 11 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Cambian Whinfell School Limited runs 5 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
2 of its services are in Somerset.
It trades under the CareTech Community Services brand, which covers 147 services run by 31 registered providers.
Percentage scores by area
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Cambian Lufton Manor College scores 78%.
Safe 78%
- 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 optimisation4 · Exceptional
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 85%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals4 · Exceptional
- Independence, choice and control4 · Exceptional
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 79%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access4 · Exceptional
- 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
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 16 October 2024, published 16 December 2024, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
How its rating has changed
- Apr 2017
- Nov 2019
- Apr 2020
- Dec 2020
- Dec 2024
- Today Rating 1 year old
Published CQC ratings in date order. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 9 December 2020
- CQC inspection report 3 April 2020
- CQC inspection report 8 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 8 April 2017
Area and map
- Ward
- Brympton
- Council
- Somerset Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Yeovil
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban; further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
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Close by
- Pharmacy Asda, 1.5 km (18 min walk)
- Park 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- Place of worship St Peter & St Paul, 370 m (5 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Cambian Lufton Manor College 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 153 of the 183 other care homes in Somerset that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 85% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 78% overall.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from June 2014, so the service has been operating for around 12 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2017–2024), starting at Outstanding; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
4 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 9 December 2020.
What it may cost
We estimate Cambian Lufton Manor College at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
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), Somerset Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe78% score160 of 184 in Somerset
- Effective75% score169 of 184 in Somerset
- Caring85% score169 of 184 in Somerset
- Responsive79% score163 of 184 in Somerset
- Well-led75% score154 of 184 in Somerset
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 16 December 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in Somerset share it.
The local picture
There are 16 other care homes within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is West Abbey, 1.0 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (6 of the nearest 25); children (0 of the nearest 25).
7 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Brympton ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Somerset ICB.
Inspection findings in brief
- An assessment has been undertaken of a specialist service that is used by autistic people or people with a learning disability.
- The service had made improvements and is no longer in breach of regulations.
- Staff now ensured students whose liberty was potentially restricted, was done so in line with current legislation.
- They said,“Cambian has provided a safe environment in which my [loved one] has been supported to build life skills.
Inspected 10 November 2020; report published 9 December 2020. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
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How Cambian Lufton Manor College compares
- Rated Good. Across Somerset, 89% of the 184 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2024) is more recent than 71% of care home ratings in Somerset.
- With 40 beds it is larger than 63% of care homes in Somerset, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2014: it has been registered longer than 48% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Somerset lists 3.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Somerset; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Cambian Lufton Manor College
- What is Cambian Lufton Manor College's address?
- It is at Lufton, Yeovil, BA22 8ST.
- Is Cambian Lufton Manor College a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-1452012056 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in December 2024.
- What kind of care can Cambian Lufton Manor College offer?
- Registration for Cambian Lufton Manor College covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Is Cambian Lufton Manor College registered for dementia care?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- When was Cambian Lufton Manor College last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 16 December 2024, 1 year ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- How many residents can Cambian Lufton Manor College take?
- CQC registers Cambian Lufton Manor College for 40 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who runs Cambian Lufton Manor College?
- On CQC's register the provider is Cambian Whinfell School Limited.
- What are Cambian Lufton Manor College's fees?
- Cambian Lufton Manor College's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How is Cambian Lufton Manor College rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
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