Yoakley House

Drapers Close, Margate CT9 4AH
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Yoakley House provides Residential Care for the elderly and short term Respite Care maintaining the highest standards of care to ensure the physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of all residents that come into the home. The team are fully trained in house by the Care Manager to ensure continuity of care and maintaining a stimulating environment and promoting independence.

Yoakley House has a community feel as the home is on the same site as the Drapers Almshouses which provide independent living for the over 65's who regularly join in with events and activities within the home. The grounds comprise beautiful gardens where you can sit and enjoy nature all year round. A range of activities are provided which you may like to participate in ranging from arts and crafts, church services, special events and live entertainment.

The rooms have ensuite toilet facilities, and include a TV and a profile bed and plenty of storage for your personal items. You can have access to the internet. The conservatory and other communal spaces provide places to relax and unwind during your stay. There is a hair salon on site with all treatments at reasonable prices.
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Care Provided by Yoakley House

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment
  • Eating Disorders

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • For a maximum of 31 Service Users

Other Care Provided

  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • COPD/Pulmonary Disease
  • Convalescent Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Close to Local shops
  • Near Public Transport
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Ground Floor Accommodation only
  • Gardens
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees What's included?

Weekly Charges per Person

  • Self-Funded Residential Care: £1211 – £1400
  • RESPITE Self-Funded Residential Care: £1260 – £1400

Fees will be determined at the pre-assessment based on the applicant's level of care needs.

The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Yoakley House for full pricing details and T&Cs.

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Funding Types Accepted

  • Self Funding (Private)
  • Local Authority with Top Up
  • Local Authority
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)

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Good to Know

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Tracy Huntley (Care Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Mixed with both male-only and female-only unit(s)
  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes
  • Year Purpose Built: 1980
  • Last Refurbishment: 2025
  • Number of floors: 1

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (31)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms (0)

Visiting

  • All Visitors welcome but please avoid meal times. No appointment needed

Parking

  • Free parking is available for visitors but spaces are limited.

Yoakley House Reviews (7)

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Yoakley House has a Review Score of 9.2 (9.203) out of 10, based on 5 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Yoakley House has 7 reviews.

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Review from V C (Daughter of Resident) published on 25 June 2026 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A warm and welcoming environment with caring staff. Beautiful gardens to relax in. Plenty of activities on offer and huge efforts made by everyone to make special seasonal events, Easter bonnet, summer fair, Christmas, Royal occasions, remembrance. Musical entertainment weekly, church services, involvement
with school children and visits from animal handling workshops. Even a grand summer outing with wheelchair transport.
Reply from Tracy Huntley, Care Manager at Yoakley HouseThank you for the review we had a lovely day out at wingham too which they all enjoyed
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Review from S H (Daughter of Resident) published on 23 June 2026 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My Mum's care is outstanding. The carers are amazing, so kind and patient with her and all the residents. She enjoys a good variety of home cooked meals. Mum is very happy in Yoakley residential home.
Reply from Tracy Huntley, Care Manager at Yoakley HouseThank you for your review , the care team are always there for your mum
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Review from Brian W (Nephew of Resident) published on 23 June 2026 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I visit my aunt there every week and can only say what delightful experience it is and has been for the past ? Years. The staff are a joy, never a long face always made welcome, despite my turning up at their busy time of te morning but I have good reason for that. Lol
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residents to get involved in ( sadly aunty isn't that way inclined ) most of the time I think.
My only criticism....The Gardens look amazing and it makes me sad to see mine.
Reply from Tracy Huntley, Care Manager at Yoakley HouseThank you for your review it's a pleasure seeing you visit regularly and your auntie is a very luck lady. We will keep trying to engage her in activities
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Review from C K (Daughter of Resident) published on 23 June 2026 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My Mum has been a resident at Yoakley House for the past 15 months and she is very happy living there; all the staff are very friendly and we feel she is very well looked after. Most week days they have a variety of activities to join in with and at this time of year they can sit out and enjoy the beautiful
gardens.
Reply from Tracy Huntley, Care Manager at Yoakley HouseThank you for your review the gardens are such a beautiful place to be and your mum loves tending to the gardens too !
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Review from Denise M (Daughter of Resident) published on 23 June 2026 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mum has been a resident in this care home for several years and the care she receives is excellent. The staff are very caring and go above and beyond to make sure the resident is happy and their needs are being met. They offer a range of activities for the resident to participate in should they
wish to be involved. The home and the gardens are of a very high standard. The rooms may be a little small but they have a lovely conservatory where residents can engage with one another, partake in activities or just sit quietly. The staff are friendly and helpful should you require their assistance or have any concerns. They always make visitors feel welcome and you can also take your dog when visiting which the residents like. All in all an exceptional care home at a reasonable price.
Reply from Tracy Huntley, Care Manager at Yoakley HouseThank you for your review. We are always looking for new ways to help your mum interact an feel at ease within a homely atmosphere to ensure her wellbeing is looked after. Your mum really enjoyed the recent trip to Wingham and it was so lovely to see her smile
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Review from William C (Son of Resident) published on 28 February 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother spent nearly five years in Yoakley House Care Home. This home is fantastic. It has a lovely ethos as it is charitably run and this ethos runs through the whole organisation. They manage to deliver exceptional care at an astonishingly reasonable price by today's standards. The staff are all
lovely - they become almost friends with the residents and they were genuinely sad to see my mother leave. Also remarkable for the care sector these days, a good proportion of the staff have been working there many years. This is a very good sign as they clearly love working there. The building itself, although it was built in the 80s, is very spacious and light. There are a couple of things that more modern homes might have, such as larger en-suite bathrooms, but this doesn't ultimately matter. The gardens are utterly astonishing - like an Oxford College - beautifully maintained by exceptional gardeners to an incredibly high standard. The managerial team are excellent and very responsive.
Reply from Tracy Huntley, Care Manager at Yoakley HouseThank you for your lovely comment, we were sad your mum had to leave but also happy that she is now nearer to family. Residents always come first and we always try to improve their quality of life. Your mum loved the garden and the flowers. She will be missed. Take care both of you and all the best, Yoakley House.
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Review from Carol P (Relative of Resident) published on 19 July 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My dad stayed for 2 weeks respite at Yoakley House, as it was the first time he was away from our mum in 61years of marriage we didn't know what to expect. He was looked after and cared for so well and the staff were so kind and helpful and he was very comfortable there. We would recommend Yoakley to
anyone, and as dad has to go back for another couple of weeks due to mum having another operation we have no worries about him going again.
Reply from Tracy Huntley, Care Manager at Yoakley HouseThank you so much for your kind words. From all the staff at Yoakley House we look forward to seeing you again
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Current Review Score: 9.2 (9.203)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.2 (9.203) out of 10 for Yoakley House is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 5 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.3 out of 5 from 5 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Care Home is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.897 for Yoakley House is calculated as follows: ( (52 Excellents x 5) + (6 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 58 Ratings = 4.897
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.306 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Yoakley House is based on 5 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 = 3.5
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the registered maximum number of service users in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Care Home registered for a maximum of 50 service users has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 31 registered maximum number of service users is 6.2. 5 Positive Reviews ÷ 6.2 = 0.806
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Care Home does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 9 Jun 2018

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Good
Care Quality Commission is responsible for the registration and inspection of social care services in England. View Latest Report

Bed Vacancies

2 Bed Vacancies

Posted: 03 Jun 2026

We have two permanent rooms available for independent residential. We are unable to take high dependencies at present

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Meet the Team (1)

Tracy

Tracy Huntley

Job Title: Registered Care Manager Joined: 2009

Our Registered Care Manager (appointed 1st October 2009) is Tracy Huntley. Tracy came into her care career in 1981. She holds NVQ3 in Care, Team Leader Certification, NVQ Assessors Award and is a Trained Trainer for 20 different care topics. She has completed her NVQ4 and Leadership and Management Qualifications.


Tracy is also a trained trainer and trains all the staff on their Mandatory needs, ensuring a high standard of care is given to all residents.

Frequently Asked Questions about Yoakley House

What types of Care is Yoakley House registered for?

Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment & Eating Disorders are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.

How many Rooms does Yoakley House have?

There are 31 Single Rooms.

What are the Facilities & Services at Yoakley House?

Own Furniture if required, Smoking not permitted, Close to Local shops, Near Public Transport, Wheelchair Access, Ground Floor Accommodation only, Gardens, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room & Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.

How far is Yoakley House to the centre of Margate?

0.9 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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