SeeAbility - Fiennes House Residential Home
Residential care home in Wellington, registered for 12 beds. Regulated by CQC.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Safe | Good |
| Effective | Good |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
| Well-led | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Residential care home
- Registered places
- 12
- Address
- Fiennes House, 31 Drakes Park North, Wellington, TA21 8SZ
- Telephone
- 01823661529
- Website
- www.seeability.org
- Registered provider
- The Royal School for the Blind
- Registered manager
- Webber, Maxine
- Registered since
- 2010-12-15
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Regulator record
- View on cqc.org.uk
At 12 beds it is smaller than 40% of the 139 residential care homes in Somerset.
Evidence and freshness
This is a permanent CareFacts record built from the service’s regulator identifier. It is evidence from the public register, not a recommendation or a live vacancy check.
- CareFacts record ID
e1-139666223- Regulator location ID
1-139666223- Current source release
- CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2023-01-25
A newer source release may change the registration, operator, capacity or rating shown here. CareFacts preserves the identifier so future real changes can be compared once more than one compatible snapshot exists.
Who this service is for
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder
- Physical Disability
- Sensory Impairment
- Younger Adults
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Learning disabilities
- Physical disabilities
The operator’s wider record
The Royal School for the Blind runs 22 services in the UK with 80 beds. Across the estate:
- 12 good
- 1 need improvement
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Source: CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07. Ratings and inspection dates are published by CQC and reproduced here under the Open Government Licence. Always check the regulator’s own record before making a decision.
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