SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
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. ?
Blackbrook House is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Anchor Hanover Group runs Blackbrook House, a residential care home in Colchester, Essex with room for 55 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people and people with dementia. The typical home in Essex has 22 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5. 47 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. 101 of Anchor Hanover Group’s 118 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). Of the 5 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
CQC's latest rating, from January 2020, is Good overall. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. It was also rated Good at the inspection before, in May 2017. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 48% of homes in Essex. Here is how rating age varies by council.
