St Matthew Road

3-5 St Matthews Road, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, TN38 0TN

01424445924

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

9 January 2024

Provider

Aspens Charities

Beds

10 beds

Rating history

GoodOct 2018
GoodJun 2024

Rated Good at every inspection since 2018.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Aspens Charities, which runs 6 care homes in England: 5 rated Good and 1 Requires Improvement.

Average care home fees in the South East: £1,243 a week for residential care and £1,579 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About St Matthew Road

St Matthew Road is a residential care home in East Sussex, providing accommodation and personal care for people with learning disabilities and some associated physical or sensory disabilities. The findings below set out the CQC's most recent assessment of the service.

St Matthew Road provides accommodation and personal care for up to 10 people with learning disabilities and some associated physical or sensory disabilities. Nine people were living there at the time of the assessment, and the CQC rated the service Good overall.

Inspectors found people felt safe and were supported by skilled, kind and respectful staff, with sufficient numbers on duty to meet their needs. Care plans were developed with people and their relatives, giving staff the information needed to support them effectively. People were supported to make choices, live independently, and had their wishes respected.

Source: CQC assessment, 17 June 2024

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 10 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · TN38 0TN

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Learning disabilities; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Assessment published 17 June 2024. Assessment date recorded: 9 January 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 17 June 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

St Matthew Road provides accommodation and personal care for up to 10 people who have learning disabilities and some associated physical and/or sensory disabilities. 9 people used the service at the time of inspection. Inspection activity started on 16 January 2024 and ended on 23 January 2024. We have rated this service Good. We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it. We spoke with 7 people and 1 relative about their experience of the care provided. We used the Short Observational Framework for Inspection (SOFI). SOFI is a way of observing care to help us understand the experience of people who could not talk with us. We spoke with the registered manager, the deputy manager and 4 care staff.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Good

Read St Matthew Road's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting St Matthew Road, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit St Matthew Road, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund St Matthew Road's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees