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Residential homes · 28 beds · 191 Willington Street, Maidstone ME15 8ED
Homesplace Grade · declining
Analysed record · answered from official sources
On the evidence, The Vale Residential Care Home has a record with 4 watch points. It was rated Inadequate at its latest inspection (2 Oct 2025). The watch points: enforcement action on record: special measures (cqc); safe declined from good to inadequate at the last inspection; well led declined from good to inadequate at the last inspection; 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.
Moved to Inadequate at the latest inspection (2025).
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Safe declined from Good to Inadequate at the last inspection.
Rated at the inspection published 2 October 2025; the previous inspection (10 January 2024) rated it Good.
Well led declined from Good to Inadequate at the last inspection.
Rated at the inspection published 2 October 2025; the previous inspection (10 January 2024) rated it Good.
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 2 October 2025.
No manager changes in five years. Stable leadership supports quality, which is why we track it.
Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 14 June 2026
CQC register · 14 June 2026
No financial-distress signals on the register: the operating company is active, with accounts and confirmation statement filed on time and no insolvency history.