Care home · Maidstone
Cavell Park Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Cavell Park Care Home- Address
- Eclipse Park, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, ME14 3EN
- Run by
- Porthaven Care Homes No 3 Limited (5 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 69 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Garden
- Garden for residents (as stated on Porthaven.co.uk)
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on Porthaven.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- July 2023 (3 years)
- Part of
- Porthaven Care Homes
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2016 (9 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10508872)
- Last CQC check
- 24 Jun 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,910–£2,330 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally (Porthaven homes publish prices above their area average); not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
More in Bearsted: Care homes in Bearsted (9) · Best rated care homes in Bearsted · Care homes for dementia care in Bearsted · Care homes for elderly care in Bearsted · Care homes for care for adults under 65 in Bearsted
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-16441021795
About this home
Cavell Park Care Home in Maidstone is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Porthaven Care Homes No 3 Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (June 2025). It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bearsted; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
CQC's scores in detail
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Cavell Park Care 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
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 7 February 2025, published 24 June 2025 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 5 September 2025 by Maidstone. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Cavell Park Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Grove Green & Vinters Park
- Council
- Kent County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in ME14 (9)
Bigger map · Route planner · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Close by
- Bus stop 90 m (1 min walk) · 10 stops within 600 m
- Railway station 1.7 km
- GP surgery The New Grove Green Medical Centre, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- Pharmacy Penenden Heath Londis, 820 m (10 min walk)
- Shop Londis, 830 m (10 min walk)
- Park 600 m (8 min walk)
- Café Costa Drive Thru, 120 m (1 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Likely fees
We estimate Cavell Park Care Home at £1,910–£2,330 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region (Porthaven homes publish prices above their area average). Over a year that is roughly £99k–£121k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Kent Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Around Maidstone
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Invicta Court, under 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Grove Green & Vinters Park ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a park (8 min), a café (1 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Who runs it
Cavell Park Care Home is run by Porthaven Care Homes No 3 Limited (company 10508872), incorporated in 2016, 6 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.
Porthaven Care Homes No 3 Limited runs 5 CQC-registered services across 5 council areas; 5 of the 5 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
It trades under the Porthaven Care Homes brand, which covers 19 services run by 4 registered providers.
Cavell Park Care Home over the years
Cavell Park Care Home has been registered with CQC since July 2023, about 3 years.
There is a single overall rating on record, Good (June 2025).
Inspection findings in brief
- Cavell Park Care Home provides accommodation and personal/nursing care to up to 69 older people.
- At the time of our visit 60 people were using the service.
- We spoke with people who use the service, their relatives, staff, and the registered manager.
- People and their relatives were positive about the service.
Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Strengths and weak spots in the 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 322 of the 454 other care homes in Kent 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.
Who they support
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe75% score353 of 455 in Kent
- Effective75% score400 of 455 in Kent
- Caring75% score406 of 455 in Kent
- Responsive75% score395 of 455 in Kent
- Well-led75% score323 of 455 in Kent
From CQC's latest report, published 24 June 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Kent share it.
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Cavell Park Care Home in local context
- Rated Good. Across Kent, 79% of the 454 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 18 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2025) is more recent than 80% of care home ratings in Kent.
- With 69 beds it is larger than 90% of care homes in Kent, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2023: it has been registered longer than 13% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Kent lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Kent, CQC data for Oct 2026.
Closest alternatives
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What families ask about Cavell Park Care Home
- Does Cavell Park Care Home support people with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- How recent is Cavell Park Care Home's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 24 June 2025, 1 year ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- What services is Cavell Park Care Home registered for?
- CQC lists Cavell Park Care Home under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Where is Cavell Park Care Home?
- It is at Eclipse Park, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, ME14 3EN.
- Is Cavell Park Care Home registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Cavell Park Care Home as a care home, location ID 1-16441021795 and was rated Good overall in June 2025.
- What are Cavell Park Care Home's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Cavell Park Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is Cavell Park Care Home rated well for safety?
- 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.
- How many beds does Cavell Park Care Home have?
- CQC capacity for Cavell Park Care Home: 69 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who runs Cavell Park Care Home?
- CQC lists Porthaven Care Homes No 3 Limited as the provider responsible for Cavell Park Care Home.
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