Care home · Eastbourne
East Dean Grange Care Home
- Address
- Lower Street, East Dean, Eastbourne, BN20 0DE
- Run by
- ASA Care Home Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 30 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- April 2022 (4 years)
- Registered manager
- Anita Nepali
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2021 (5 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 13339787)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Jun 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-11672906100
The service in brief
East Dean Grange Care Home is a CQC-registered residential care home in Eastbourne, run by ASA Care Home Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (June 2025).
The five key questions
- Safe72% score229 of 261 in East Sussex
- Effective71% score247 of 261 in East Sussex
- Caring75% score253 of 261 in East Sussex
- Responsive75% score238 of 261 in East Sussex
- Well-led68% score173 of 261 in East Sussex
As rated by CQC, published 18 June 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in East Sussex share it.
The company behind East Dean Grange Care Home
East Dean Grange Care Home is run by Asa Care Home Limited (company 13339787), incorporated in 2021, 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 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
History with CQC
Registered in April 2022, it has 4 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2024–2025), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
Needs it is registered to meet
Registration details from CQC.
How the scores break down
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, East Dean Grange Care Home scores 72%.
Safe 72%
- Learning culture2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 71%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 68%
- 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 sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation2 · Some shortfalls
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 14 May 2025, published 16 August 2024, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 24 September 2026 by Wealden. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "East Dean Grange Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- South Downs
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lewes
- Integrated care board
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Smaller rural · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN20 (18)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 60 m (1 min walk) · 9 stops within 600 m
- Café Hikers Rest, 150 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship St Simon & St Jude, 60 m (1 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for East Dean Grange Care Home: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
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 68%, averaging 72% overall.
How it fits locally
There are 9 other care homes within 3 miles, 8 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Autism and Aspergers Care Services Ltd, 2.3 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (8 of the nearest 25); physical disabilities (6 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (5 of the nearest 25).
5 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in South Downs ward, classed by ONS as smaller rural (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 café (2 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate East Dean Grange Care Home at £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £76k–£93k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
With savings below £23,250, East Sussex Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
From the latest CQC inspection
- This assessment was carried out as the service was previously rated requires improvement with 2 breaches of legal regulations.
- East Dean Grange Care Home provides accommodation and personal care to up to 30 people who were over 65 years of age and may be living with dementia or physical disabilities.
- Improvements were found during this assessment and the provider was no longer in breach of these regulations. The service provided safe, kind and compassionate care.
- People told us they were safe, and relatives had no safety concerns for their loved ones.
Supporting 25 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
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East Dean Grange Care Home questions answered
- What are East Dean Grange Care Home's fees?
- East Dean Grange Care Home has not published its fees with us. Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How is East Dean Grange Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How many residents can East Dean Grange Care Home take?
- East Dean Grange Care Home can take up to 30 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who is the registered provider for East Dean Grange Care Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is ASA Care Home Limited.
- Can East Dean Grange Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When was East Dean Grange Care Home last inspected?
- 18 June 2025 is when the current rating was published, 1 year ago. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Where is East Dean Grange Care Home based?
- It is at Lower Street, East Dean, Eastbourne, BN20 0DE.
- Is East Dean Grange Care Home registered with CQC?
- East Dean Grange Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-11672906100) and was rated Good overall in June 2025.
- What type of care does East Dean Grange Care Home provide?
- Registration for East Dean Grange Care Home covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
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