Care home · Beaconsfield
Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre
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- Seeleys House, Campbell Drive, Beaconsfield, HP9 1TF
- Run by
- Buckinghamshire Council (2 services)
- Type of provider
- Council-run
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 12 (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
- May 2017 (9 years)
- Registered manager
- Emma Rachel Gould
- Last CQC check
- 24 Feb 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Beaconsfield: Care homes in Beaconsfield (5) · Care homes for care for adults under 65 in Beaconsfield
Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-3782644223
An overview of Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre
Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre in Beaconsfield is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Buckinghamshire Council. The service is registered to support adults under 65 and lists physical disabilities and learning disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (February 2023). It is one of 5 CQC-registered care homes in and around Beaconsfield; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The company behind Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre
Buckinghamshire Council runs 2 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 86% for the same mix of services across England.
All 2 are in Buckinghamshire, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe87 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Effective99 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Caring108 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Responsive102 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
- Well-led80 of 119 in Buckinghamshire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 24 February 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in Buckinghamshire share it.
Inspection findings in brief
- People used their own communication system to show us and we understood from the actions or gestures that we saw from people they enjoyed staying at Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre.
- We observed lots of appropriate, professional interaction between staff and people.
- People were observed to be smiling, laughing and relaxed in the home.
- Relatives described the staff as "excellent," "approachable, caring, efficient, interested in who they are looking after," "Professional and friendly".
Inspected 26 January 2023; report published 24 February 2023. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The ratings in context
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 79 of the 118 other care homes in Buckinghamshire that CQC has rated.
Ratings over time
- Aug 2017
- Jun 2018
- Jul 2019
- Feb 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 24 February 2023
- CQC inspection report 27 July 2019
- CQC inspection report 2 June 2018
- CQC inspection report 22 August 2017
Location and local area
- Ward
- Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater
- Council
- Buckinghamshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- NHS planning area
- NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in HP9 (5)
Bigger map · Route planner · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the building
- Bus stop 260 m (3 min walk) · 2 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Beaconsfield, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Shop Morrisons Daily, 800 m (10 min walk)
- Park Knotty Green Park, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Café Tea Room, 890 m (11 min walk)
- Place of worship Hope Church, 840 m (11 min walk)
- Library Beaconsfield Library, 800 m (10 min walk)
Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
What it may cost
We estimate Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre 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), Buckinghamshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
The local picture
There are 9 other care homes within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Bury Lodge Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (8 of the nearest 25).
5 of the 22 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Thames Valley ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a park (3 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from May 2017, so the service has been operating for around 9 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 4 overall ratings for it (2017–2023), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
3 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.
There are 4 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 24 February 2023.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre on The Care Panel so far.
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Where Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Buckinghamshire, 74% of the 119 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2023) is more recent than 65% of care home ratings in Buckinghamshire.
- With 12 beds it is smaller than 67% of care homes in Buckinghamshire, where the typical home has 31.
- Registered with CQC in 2017: it has been registered longer than 37% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Buckinghamshire lists 4.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Buckinghamshire (Oct 2026).
Other care homes close by
Guides for families
Other care homes near Beaconsfield with recent ratings
- Bradbury HouseJun 2026
What families ask about Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre
- What kind of care can Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre offer?
- Registration for Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Where is Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre based?
- It is at Seeleys House, Campbell Drive, Beaconsfield, HP9 1TF.
- Is Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-3782644223) and was rated Good overall in February 2023.
- Does Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre support people with dementia?
- No dementia specialism is recorded with CQC. Ask the provider directly if this is likely to matter.
- When did CQC last rate Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre?
- The rating now shown was published on 24 February 2023, 3 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- How many residents can Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre take?
- Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre has 12 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who runs Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre?
- Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre is run by Buckinghamshire Council, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- What are Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre's fees?
- Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre's prices aren't on our site 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.
- How is Seeleys House Short Breaks Centre 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.
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