SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?★Outstanding
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Approach Lodge is in the Good, with Outstanding areas tier ?, with 1 other home in Tower Hamlets.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Approach Lodge is a 7-bed residential care home in London, Tower Hamlets. The home is its own registered provider. Its CQC registration covers people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. It is a small home for Tower Hamlets, where the median is 42 beds.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in August 2019. Safe, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For effective, the rating was Outstanding. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 70% of ratings in Tower Hamlets are as old (how rating age varies by council).
Across Tower Hamlets, 90% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in June 2026. That is true of 67% of homes in Tower Hamlets. None of the 6 nearest rated homes has a higher rating.
