Care home · Bognor Regis
L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany
Typical fee here £1,400–£1,710 a week Estimate
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- 190 Hawthorn Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 2UX
- Run by
- L'Arche (13 services)
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 264166)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 6 (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
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Mairita Kreicberga
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1972 (54 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 01055041)
- Last CQC check
- 23 Jul 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-124573422
L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany at a glance
L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany in Bognor Regis is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by L'Arche. Its registered specialisms include learning disabilities.
CQC rated it Good overall (July 2024). It is one of 43 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bognor Regis; 33 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The company behind L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany
L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany is run by L'arche (company 01055041), incorporated in 1972, 38 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 8 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and other social work without accommodation.
L'Arche runs 13 CQC-registered services across 7 council areas; 11 of the 13 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (85%), against 85% for the same mix of services across England.
4 of its services are in West Sussex.
Needs it is registered to meet
As listed with the regulator.
Key points from CQC's visit
- An assessment has been undertaken of a specialist service that is used by autistic people or people with a learning disability.
- Risks to people were now managed safely and care plans guided safe practice.
- The provider had oversight of quality monitoring and safety.
- Comments from people included, “I am feeling quite positive at the moment, things are going to plan.” And “It’s good here; I like my life and don’t want to change any part of it at the moment.” People received person-centred care that promoted their dignity, privacy, and human rights.
Inspected 2 March 2023; report published 30 June 2023. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Choice nearby
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 L'Arche Bognor Regis Jericho, under 0.5 miles away.
8 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Pevensey ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% 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 (3 min), a shop (3 min), a park (4 min), a café (7 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe75% score267 of 317 in West Sussex
- Effective75% score289 of 317 in West Sussex
- Caring75% score294 of 317 in West Sussex
- Responsive75% score286 of 317 in West Sussex
- Well-led75% score233 of 317 in West Sussex
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 23 July 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Sussex share it.
Scores behind the rating
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany 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 4 April 2024, published 23 July 2024 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
How its rating has changed
- Feb 2015
- Mar 2017
- Sep 2018
- Sep 2022
- Jun 2023
- Jul 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 30 June 2023
- CQC inspection report 1 September 2022
- CQC inspection report 27 September 2018
- CQC inspection report 22 March 2017
- CQC inspection report 25 February 2015
- Inspection report 26 October 2013
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 4 (good), from an inspection on 11 September 2017 by Arun. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "L'arche Bethany"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Pevensey
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- NHS planning area
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in PO21 (36)
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Close by
- Bus stop 80 m (1 min walk) · 20 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Bognor Regis, 950 m (12 min walk)
- GP surgery Maywood Surgery, 270 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy Day Lewis Pharmacy, 280 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Co-op Food, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Park Amberley Green Play Park, 360 m (4 min walk)
- Café Tasca de Felgueiras, 570 m (7 min walk)
- Place of worship The Shore Community Church, 480 m (6 min walk)
- Library Bognor Regis Library, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Costs to expect
We estimate L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
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.
Track record
L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 6 overall ratings for it (2015–2024), starting at Good; it has gone up 2 and down 2 times, and is now Good.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 30 June 2023.
The ratings in context
L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany 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 232 of the 316 other care homes in West Sussex 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.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across West Sussex, 84% of the 317 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2024) is more recent than 66% of care home ratings in West Sussex.
- With 6 beds it is smaller than 90% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 67% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for West Sussex as at Oct 2026.
Other care homes close by
Guides for families
Other care homes near Bognor Regis with recent ratings
- Crawford Care HomeFeb 2026
- Burlington Nursing HomeJul 2025
- Ashbury Care HomeSep 2026
L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany questions answered
- When was L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany last inspected?
- CQC published the current rating on 23 July 2024, 2 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
- Can L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- What services is L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany registered for?
- CQC lists L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-124573422 and was rated Good overall in July 2024.
- Where is L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany?
- It is at 190 Hawthorn Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 2UX.
- How did L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany score on each CQC key question?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- What are L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany's fees?
- No fee list from L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Which provider runs L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany?
- The registered provider is L'Arche, according to CQC.
- How many beds does L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany have?
- CQC capacity for L'Arche Bognor Regis Bethany: 6 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
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