The Cottage Residential Care Home
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The Cottage Residential Care Home is a small care facility located at 51 High Street, Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex, CO7 0AQ. It offers accommodation for…
- Care home
- The Cottage Residential Care Home
- Location
- 51 High Street, Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex, CO7 0AQ, Colchester, CO7 0AQ
- Care types
- Residential, Dementia
- CQC rating
- Inadequate
- Latest CQC inspection
- 16 November 2018
- Beds
- 10
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01206 303676
- CQC location ID
- 1-130187505
What the CQC says
Rated Inadequate by the CQC on 22 July 2025.
Inadequate — the service is performing badly and CQC has taken enforcement action. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Good — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Good — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Good — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Good — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating unchanged at Inadequate since March 2018.
- Improved: Safe (Inadequate → Good), Effective (Requires improvement → Good), Caring (Requires improvement → Good), Responsive (Requires improvement → Good), Well-led (Inadequate → Good).
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 20 September 2026.
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