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Residential homes · 10 beds · 51 High Street, Brightlingsea, Colchester CO7 0AQ
Homesplace Grade · stable
Analysed record · answered from official sources
On the evidence, The Cottage Residential Care Home has a record with 2 watch points. It was rated Inadequate at its latest inspection (22 Jul 2025). The watch points: enforcement action on record: special measures (cqc); safe is rated inadequate at the current inspection. Worth asking about on a visit.
Enforcement action on record: Special measures (CQC).
CQC placed this service in special measures following its assessment. Enforcement is weighed against the grade for three years.
Rated Inadequate at every inspection on record.
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Safe is rated Inadequate at the current inspection.
Safe is one of the two most heavily weighted key questions in the Homesplace Grade. Rated at the inspection published 22 July 2025.
No manager changes in five years. Stable leadership supports quality, which is why we track it.
R. Bellhouse · current registered manager
since Jan 2011 · 15 yrs 4 mo
Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026
CQC register · 13 June 2026